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Scare someone out of their wits
Verb
Definitions
1.
Verb
To frighten someone to such an extent that they behave irrationally.
"He scared me out of my wits, sneaking up behind me in the dark like that."
Synonyms
scare someone out of their mind
freak out
make someone's hair stand on end
scare straight
scare the daylights out of
psych out
put the fear of god into
make someone's skin crawl
befright
scare off
unscare
make someone's flesh creep
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