frighten the wits out of someone

  • 1frighten 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 …

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  • 2scare 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 …

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  • 3frighten 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 …

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  • 4scare 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 …

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  • 5frighten — [[t]fra͟ɪt(ə)n[/t]] frightens, frightening, frightened 1) VERB If something or someone frightens you, they cause you to suddenly feel afraid, anxious, or nervous. [V n] He knew that Soli was trying to frighten him, so he smiled to hide his fear …

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  • 6frighten — verb (T) 1 to make someone feel afraid: Don t stand so near the edge, you re frightening me! | frighten sb to death/frighten sb out of their wits (=make someone feel extremely afraid): She ll be frightened to death when she sees the way you drive …

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  • 7frighten — verb the fighting in the streets frightened us Syn: scare, startle, alarm, terrify, petrify, shock, chill, panic, shake, disturb, dismay, unnerve, unman, intimidate, terrorize, cow, daunt; strike terror into, put the …

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  • 8The Drifting Classroom — Volume 1, English edition. 漂流教室 (Hyōryū Kyōshitsu) Genre Horror …

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  • 9wit */ — UK [wɪt] / US noun Word forms wit : singular wit plural wits 1) [singular/uncountable] the ability to use words in a clever way to make people laugh He is a man of great wit, sensitivity, and passion. a dry/biting/acerbic/caustic wit (= the… …

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  • 10wit — [ wıt ] noun * 1. ) singular or uncount the ability to use words in a clever way to make people laugh: He is a man of great wit, sensitivity, and passion. a dry/biting/acerbic/caustic wit (=the tendency to say clever and slightly cruel things):… …

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