scare (you) to death

to make you feel extremely frightened.

David suddenly appeared like a ghost in the doorway and scared me to death.

Related vocabulary: scare the pants off you

• right here and now
• right off the bat
• right-on
• right on
• Right on!
• right on cue
• right on target
• right on the button
• right on the money
• right up alley
• right up your alley
• ring a bell
• ring alarm bells
• ring hollow
• ring off the hook
• ringside seat
• ringside view
• ring the changes
• ring true
• ring up
• ring up something
• rinky-dink
• ripe for
• ripe for something
• rip off