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frighten the hell out of someone and frighten the pants off someone; frighten the living daylights out of someone; scare the living daylights out of someone; scare the shit out of someone; scare the wits out of someone

to frighten someone badly, suddenly or both. (Use of hell and shit are crude.) These figures frighten the hell out of me. The door blew shut and scared the shit out of me. It takes a lot to scare the pants off a hardened criminal.

See also: frighten, hell, out

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The Black Cats were too lightweight in attack to hurt Peter Reid's boys but Robert Earnshaw and Alan Lee will frighten the pants off the Sky Blues backline. County set to bring U's down to earth by The Racing Post (London, England) It'll frighten the pants off the Kerrymen and be worth extra points to us. SING-ALONG-A-TOM by The Mirror (London, England)			fresh and sweet fresh as a daisy fresh from fresh out fresh out of fresh start freshen up fret fret about Fret not! friend friend in need is a friend indeed friend or foe friends in high places friends with friendship frighten frighten away frighten into frighten into doing frighten one out of wits frighten out of wits frighten the daylights out of frighten the hell out of frighten the life out of frighten the pants off frighten to death frightened to death fringe fritter away fritz frog from all corners of the world from coast to coast from dawn to dusk from day one from day to day from door to door from far and near from giddy-up to whoa from git-go from hand to hand from head to toe from hell from hell to breakfast from here on from here till next Tuesday from hunger from Missouri from my perspective from of the top drawer			fright fright fright disease Fright Fest fright wig fright wigs frighted frighted frighten frighten frighten frighten away frighten away frighten away or off frighten into frighten into doing frighten off frighten off frighten off frighten one out of mind frighten one out of wits frighten or an animal in frighten out of a year's growth frighten out of wits frighten someone or an animal in frighten someone out of a year's growth frighten the daylights out of frighten the hell out of frighten the life out of frighten the living daylights out of frighten the pants off frighten to death frightened frightened frightened frightened off frightened off frightened the life out frightened the life out frightened the life out frightened the life out frightened to death frightener frightener frightener Frighteners Frighteners frightening frightening frightening frightening off frightening off frightening the life out frightening the life out frightening the life out frightening the life out frighteningly frighteningly frighteningly frightens frightens

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