frighten someone out of a year's growth
- frighten someone out of a year's growth
frighten one out of one's wits & scare one out ofone's wits & frighten someone out of a year's growth & scare someone out of a year 's growth & frighten one out of one's mind & scare one out of one's mind
Fig. to frighten one very badly. •
Oh! That loud noise scared me out of my wits.
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I'll give him a good scolding and frighten him out of his wits.
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Oh, you frightened me out of a year's growth!
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You frightened Bob out of his mind.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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