scare the pants off (of) (one)
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scare the pants off (of) (one)
To shock, frighten, or terrify one. The sound of the fire alarm scared the pants off of me this morning.
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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.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
scare (or bore etc.) the pants off someone
make someone extremely scared, bored, etc. informalFarlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
scare, bore, etc. the ˈpants off somebody
(informal) scare, bore, etc. somebody very much: He would creep up behind people and scare the pants off them. ♢ He was clearly boring the pants off his audience.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
scare the pants off someone
tv. to frighten someone suddenly. The piano lid fell and scared the pants off my parents.
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