Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scares the living daylights out of

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.37 in modern English

Syllables
scares the liv-ing -day-light-s out of
IPA
49
Scrabble Score
29
Letters
5
Syllables
17
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does scares the living daylights out of mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of scare the living daylights out of

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