Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scare the daylights out of

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.38 in modern English

Syllables
scare the -day-light-s out of
IPA
38
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
4
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of scare the living daylights out of.

Inflected Forms

scares the daylights out of (present, singular) scaring the daylights out of (participle, present) scared the daylights out of (participle, past) scared the daylights out of (past)

Questions

What does scare the daylights out of mean?
Alternative form of scare the living daylights out of.

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