scare the pants off

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scare the pants off (of) someone

to frighten someone very badly. (Of is usually retained before pronouns.) Wow! You nearly scared the pants off me! The explosion scared the pants off of everyone.

See also: pant, scare

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Rich in colour, gloriously photographed and oozing true charm, it has everything a family film should boast - even if the flying monkeys may scare the pants off anybody still in single digits. The Wizard of Oz (Sunday, Five, 3pm) by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) 15pm ANY Oriental horror movies are going to scare the pants off you, so remaking them with someone as gorgeous as Jessica Alba is a handy defence mechanism against the terrors in store. SATELLITE PICK OF THE DAY by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) He's doing what he's best at in this new series, which may well scare the pants off you but looks certain to make an impact on the crime figures. Nick back on the beat; Documentary by Birmingham Mail (England)			saying Says me! Says who? Says you! scab over scale scale back scale down scale to scale up scales scamper scamper along scamper away scar over scarce scarce as hen's teeth scarcely scare scare away scare away from scare off scare out of scare stiff scare the hell out of scare the pants off scare the shit out of scare to death scare up scared shitless scared silly scared stiff scared to death scarf scarf down scarf out scatter scatter about and scatter around scavenge for scenario scene scent scent blood schedule scheme scheme against scheme for schiz out school school in school of hard knocks			scare away scare away scare away from Scare marks scare off scare off scare one out of mind scare one out of wits scare or an animal out scare or an animal to death scare out scare out of scare out of a year's growth scare out of wits scare quote Scare quotes scare someone or an animal out scare someone or an animal to death scare stiff scare story scare the bejeezus out scare the daylights out of scare the hell out of scare the life out of scare the living daylights out of scare the living daylights out of someone scare the pants off scare the shit out of scare the wits out of scare the wits out of someone scare to death scare up scare up scare up scarecrow scarecrow Scarecrow and Mrs. King Scarecrow argument Scarecrow argument Scarecrow argument scarecrowish Scarecrows Scarecrows scared scared scared scared scared scared Scared shitless Scared shitless Scared shitless Scared Silly Scared Stiff scared the bejeezus out scared the bejesus out Scared the Cat

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