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scare the pants off someone scare the pants off (of) (one)To shock, frighten, or terrify one. The sound of the fire alarm scared the pants off of me this morning. See also: off, pant, scare Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. scare (or bore etc.) the pants off someone make someone extremely scared, bored, etc. informalSee also: off, pant, scare, someone Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary scare the pants off someone tv. to frighten someone suddenly. The piano lid fell and scared the pants off my parents. See also: off, pant, scare, someone McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also:- beat (one's) pants off
- be off for (something)
- be off for sth
- (I've) got to take off
- browned off
- breeze off
- auction off
- blast off for (somewhere)
- blast off for somewhere
- (Now) where was I?
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