scare

See:
  • be bored witless
  • be frightened of (one's) (own) shadow
  • be frightened/nervous/scared of your own shadow
  • be nervous of (one's) (own) shadow
  • be scared of (one's) (own) shadow
  • be scared witless
  • be scared/bored witless
  • beat the (living) daylights out of (one)
  • beat/scare the daylights out of somebody
  • frighten (one) out of (one's) mind
  • frighten (one) out of (one's) wits
  • frighten one out of wits
  • frighten the hell out of
  • frighten the life out of (one)
  • frighten the life out of someone
  • frighten to death
  • frighten/scare somebody out of their wits
  • frighten/scare the life out of somebody
  • frightened to death
  • I wasn't brought up in the woods to be scared by owls
  • pants off, the
  • run scared
  • scare (one) away from (something)
  • scare (one) out of (one's) mind
  • scare (one) out of (one's) wits
  • scare (one) out of a year's growth
  • scare (one) silly
  • scare (one) stiff
  • scare (one) to death
  • scare (one) witless
  • scare (someone or something) away
  • scare (someone) straight
  • scare away
  • scare off
  • scare out
  • scare out of
  • scare out of (someone or something)
  • scare out of one's wits
  • scare quotes
  • scare someone or something up
  • scare someone out of their wits
  • scare someone witless
  • scare stiff
  • scare story
  • scare the (living) daylights out of (one)
  • scare the bejabbers out of (one)
  • scare the bejabers out of (one)
  • scare the bejeebers out of (one)
  • scare the bejesus out of (one)
  • scare the bejesus out of someone
  • scare the crap out of (one)
  • scare the devil out of (one)
  • scare the dickens out of (one)
  • scare the hell out of (one)
  • scare the hell out of someone
  • scare the life out of (one)
  • scare the living daylights out of someone
  • scare the pants off
  • scare the pants off (of) (one)
  • scare the pants off someone
  • scare the wits out of (one)
  • scare up
  • scare, annoy, etc. the hell out of somebody
  • scare, bore, etc. the pants off somebody
  • scared out of (one's) wits
  • scared silly
  • scared silly/stiff/to death, to be
  • scared stiff
  • scared to death
  • throw a scare into (someone)
  • You scared the hell out of me
References in periodicals archive
Weeks after mail bomb-making suspect Cesar Sayoc was arrested, a tabloid tried to claim George and Amal Clooney were "desperate" to keep their kids safe from multiple bomb scares that their family had been plagued by.
Zombie Outlaw Paintball, The House of Rock and Freak Street have also been revamped and harvest some new scare attractions for you to discover.
Ironically, some nurses in the district complain that they too are at the receiving end of the Nipah scare, stating that the general public are keeping a distance from them because they fear they may contract the disease from the nurses who treat the Nipah-affected patients.
Bosses are now looking to enlist the help of actors to "provide reallife thrills and chills" in the Scare Maze and around the theme park during the four-day spooktacular.
Now we are trying to leave the remoaners and the EU are trying to scare us to stay.
You can chose from a whole host of mini, mega and ultimate scares but remember...
As I'm driving from show to show I have had some verbal abuse in recent days from people concerned that I might try and scare them.
SCARE FACTOR: She's holding a mega grudge after a minor miscommunication, but you'd rather eat worms than face her wrath.
The use of scare tactics to sell product is not new I would venture to guess that when the first cave dweller figured out how to make fire he/she probably used scare tactics to sell the first fire-making kit.
A similar scare was reported at a Rhode Island government office and at five other Israeli missions, including New York, Houston, Texas and London.
ABERDEEN have urged fans to turn up to Pittodrie tomorrow in their spookiest Hallowe'en costumes to help cause an SPL scare against Rangers.
A SPOOKY night of family fun is taking place in Crosby this evening, with the return of Scare Fest.
Enjoying a good scare may seem like fun at the time, but the aftereffects can be frightening, reveals communications specialist Glenn Sparks, author of Refrigerator Rights: Our Crucial Need for Close Relationships and Rolling in Dough: Lessons I Learned in a Doughnut Shop.
debt threatens the economy and that entitlement programs may go broke even as they dismiss as "scare tactics" the arguments offered by Republicans and Democrats who are debating a solution.