Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scare the life out of

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.06 in modern English

Syllables
scare the life out of
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
1
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To scare something or someone to a great degree.

Inflected Forms

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

Synonyms

scare to death scare the living daylights out of scare the shit out of

Questions

What does scare the life out of mean?
To scare something or someone to a great degree.

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