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frighten the hell out of
(redirected from frighten the pants off)

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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

frighten/scare the hell out of somebody   (informal)
to make someone feel very frightened He drives like a madman - frightens the hell out of me.
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.
It'll frighten the pants off the Kerrymen and be worth extra points to us.
 
 
 
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