get the shivers

get the shivers

To begin to feel fear or dread. Can we get out of here? I'm getting the shivers from this creepy old house!

See also: get, shiver

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give somebody/get the ˈshivers

(informal) make somebody feel fear and horror: That old portrait gives me the shivers. ♢ I get the shivers every time I hear his name.

See also: get, give, shiver, somebody

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