scare someone out of wits

scare someone out of wits
frighten/scare (someone) out of (their) wits to make someone very frightened.

Don't shout like that - you scared me out of my wits!


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  • scare someone out of their wits — frighten/scare (someone) out of (their) wits to make someone very frightened. Don t shout like that you scared me out of my wits! …   New idioms dictionary

  • frighten someone out of wits — frighten/scare (someone) out of (their) wits to make someone very frightened. Don t shout like that you scared me out of my wits! …   New idioms dictionary

  • scare out of wits — frighten/scare (someone) out of (their) wits to make someone very frightened. Don t shout like that you scared me out of my wits! …   New idioms dictionary

  • frighten someone out of their wits — frighten/scare/the wits out of someone frighten scare someone out of their wits phrase to make someone feel extremely frightened The film scared the wits out of us. Thesaurus: to make someone afraid or frightenedsynonym …   Useful english dictionary

  • frighten someone out of their wits — frighten/scare (someone) out of (their) wits to make someone very frightened. Don t shout like that you scared me out of my wits! …   New idioms dictionary

  • frighten out of wits — frighten/scare (someone) out of (their) wits to make someone very frightened. Don t shout like that you scared me out of my wits! …   New idioms dictionary

  • scare the wits out of someone — frighten/scare/the wits out of someone frighten scare someone out of their wits phrase to make someone feel extremely frightened The film scared the wits out of us. Thesaurus: to make someone afraid or frightenedsynonym …   Useful english dictionary

  • scare out of their wits — frighten/scare (someone) out of (their) wits to make someone very frightened. Don t shout like that you scared me out of my wits! …   New idioms dictionary

  • scare — 1. verb stop it, you re scaring me Syn: frighten, startle, alarm, terrify, petrify, intimidate, terrorize, make afraid, make fearful, fill with fear, give someone a fright, panic, throw into a panic, shock, unnerve, cow; strike terror into, put …   Thesaurus of popular words

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