give (one) the shivers

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To cause one to have a feeling of fear or dread. Can we get out of here? This creepy old house is giving me the shivers!

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.

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One could think of certain circus acts that give us the shivers and, yet, circus performers do rehearse a lot as not to risk their lives," he said.

Be it flying, spiders or heights there are some things in life that give us the shivers and set our pulses racing when we confront them.

Now it's movies like STRANGE DAYS (Cert 18, on release now) that are out to give us the shivers.

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