scare something out of someone

scare something out of someone
scare something out of someone
to frighten someone very badly. (The

something

can be

the living daylights, the wits, the hell, the shit,

etc. Use discretion with

shit

.) •

Gee, you scared the living daylights out of me!

The police tried to scare the truth out of her.

The door blew shut and scared the hell out of me.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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