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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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Most journalists are not sure who you are or what you do, I began, but what we think you are is 'a slightly sinister, superwealthy clique who occupy all the best tables at the best restaurants in Mayfair'; and what we think you do is to use secretive methods to provoke and profit from market price-swings that frighten the pants off ordinary people.
 
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