Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scared the living daylights out of

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English

Syllables
scared the liv-ing -day-light-s out of
IPA
50
Scrabble Score
29
Letters
5
Syllables
17
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

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

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