Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scared the daylights out of

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English

Syllables
scared the -day-light-s out of
IPA
40
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
4
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of scare the daylights out of

Questions

What does scared the daylights out of mean?
simple past and past participle of scare the daylights out of

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