SCARE THE LIFE OUT OF ME

Meaning of SCARE THE LIFE OUT OF ME in English

frighten me a lot, scare me badly, scared out of my wits

My son jumped out of the closet and shouted boo ! He nearly scared the life out of me.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LIFE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ME — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Me Nam River forget me not Messerschmitt 109 Me 109 touch me not
Английский словарь Британика
SCARE — I. ˈske](ə)r, ˈska(a)], ]ə, dial ˈski] verb ( scared ](ə)rd, ]əd ; or dialect scart ](ə)rt, ]ət ; scared or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OUT — I. |au̇t, usu |au̇d.+V adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ūt; akin to Old High German ūz out, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ME — I. (|)mē, _mi pronoun, objective case of i Etymology: Middle English, from Old English mē; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
ME — (pers. pron.) The person speaking, regarded as an object; myself; a pronoun of the first person used as the objective …
Английский словарь Webster
ME — ( pers. pron. ) The person speaking, regarded as an object; myself; a pronoun of the first person used as …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SCARE — — scarer , n. — scaringly , adv. /skair/ , v. , scared, scaring , n. v.t. 1. to fill, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OUT — /owt/ , adv. 1. away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ME — /mee/ , pron. 1. the objective case of I , used as a direct or indirect object: They asked me …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIFE — /luyf/ , n. , pl. lives /luyvz/ , adj. n. 1. the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SCARE — I. ˈsker verb ( scared ; scar·ing ) Etymology: Middle English skerren, from Old Norse skirra, from skjarr shy, timid …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OUT — I. ˈau̇t adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ūt; akin to Old High German ūz out, Greek hysteros later, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ME — pronoun, objective case of i Etymology: Middle English, from Old English mē; akin to Old High German mīh me, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SCARE — noun fright; ·esp., sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or originating in mistake. 2. scare ·vt to frighten; to …
Webster English vocab
OUT — vt to come out with; to make known. 2. out ·vi to come or go out; to get out or …
Webster English vocab
ME — pron one. ·see men, ·pron 2. me (·pron·pers) the person speaking, regarded as an object; myself; a pronoun of the …
Webster English vocab
SCARE — [scare] vb scared ; scar.ing [ME skerren, fr. ON skirra, fr. skjarr shy, timid] vt (13c): to frighten esp. suddenly: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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Merriam-Webster English vocab
ME — [me] pron, objective case of i [ME, fr. OE me; akin to OHG mih me, L me, Gk me, Skt …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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Britannica English vocabulary
SCARE — scare BrE AmE skeə AmE ske ə r skæ ə r ▷ scared skeəd AmE ske ə rd skæ ə …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SCARE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ME — pronoun , noun ■ pronoun / mi; NAmE ; strong form miː/ the form of I that is used when …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SCARE
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ME — me S1 W1 /mi; strong miː/ BrE AmE pronoun [object form of ‘I’] [ Language: Old English ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SCARE — v. & n. --v. 1 tr. frighten, esp. suddenly (his expression scared us). 2 tr. (as scared adj.) (usu. foll. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OUT — adv., prep., n., adj., int., & v. --adv. 1 away from or not in or at a place etc. (keep …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ME — pron. 1 objective case of I(2) (he saw me). 2 colloq. = I(2) (it's me all right; is taller than …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LIFE — n. (pl. lives) 1 the condition which distinguishes active animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SCARE — v. & n. v. 1 tr. frighten, esp. suddenly (his expression scared us). 2 tr. (as scared adj.) (usu. foll. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OUT — adv., prep., n., adj., int., & v. adv. 1 away from or not in or at a place etc. (keep …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ME — pron. 1 objective case of I(2) (he saw me). 2 colloq. = I(2) (it's me all right; is taller than …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIFE — n. (pl. lives) 1 the condition which distinguishes active animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SCARE — v. & n. --v. 1. tr. frighten, esp. suddenly (his expression scared us). 2 tr. (as scared adj.) (usu. foll. …
Oxford English vocab
OUT — adv., prep., n., adj., int., & v. --adv. 1. away from or not in or at a place etc. (keep …
Oxford English vocab
ME — 1. pron. 1. objective case of I(2) (he saw me). 2 colloq. I(2) (it's me all right; is taller than …
Oxford English vocab
LIFE — n. (pl. lives) 1. the condition which distinguishes active animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, …
Oxford English vocab
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SCARE
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ME — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. A speaker or writer uses me to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIFE
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ME
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SCARE — [noun] [C]I got/had a scare (= I was very worried) when I looked at my bank statement this morning!You gave …
Cambridge English vocab
ME — (PERSON) [pronoun] - used, usually after a verb or preposition, to refer to the person speaking or writingCan you see …
Cambridge English vocab
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Cambridge English vocab
ME — pron. Me Nam River forget me not Messerschmitt 109 Me 109 touch me not
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SCARE — Synonyms and related words : abject fear, affright, alarm, awe, blue funk, bluff off, collect, come by, consternation, cow, cowardice, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SCARE — n. Function: verb Synonyms: FRIGHTEN , affright, alarm, awe, fright, ||spook, startle, terrify, terrorize Related Words: panic, shake up; freeze, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SCARE — verb Synonyms: frighten , affright, alarm, awe, fright, ||spook, startle, terrify, terrorize Related Word: panic, shake up; freeze, paralyze, petrify …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SCARE — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ major , nasty , terrible ▪ a major health ~ ▪ food , health ▪ AIDS …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LIFE — See ↑ ALIVE 1,3, ↑ LIFE 1,2, ↑ STORY 5 ◆◆◆ • ↑ adult life • ↑ all your life …
Longman Activator English vocab
LIFE — INDEX: 1. the time when someone is alive 2. the kind of life that someone has 3. continuing for all …
Longman Activator English vocab
SCARE — n. 25B6; verb stop it, you're scaring me : FRIGHTEN, startle, alarm, terrify, petrify, unnerve, intimidate, terrorize, cow; strike terror …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SCARE
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
ME — pronoun 1 BAD : I got me a drink and sat down on the sofa. GOOD : I got myself …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
LIFE — noun 1 BAD : The cost of life is very high in London. GOOD : The cost of living is …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary

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