scare the hell out of someone
scare the hell out of someone
tv. to frighten someone badly. (Use caution with hell.) The door blew shut and scared the hell out of me.
See also: hell, of, out, scare, someone
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- a/one hell of a...
- helluva someone/something
- hell mend (someone)
- would see (someone) in hell before (one) would (do something)
- play (merry) hell with (someone or something)
- play hell
- play hell with
- play hell with somebody/something
- play hell with someone/something
- play hell with something