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frighten sb to death

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  • frighten someone to death — frighten the life out of someone/frighten someone to death/informal phrase to make someone feel extremely afraid or nervous The older girls frightened us to death with tales of what would happen to us. Thesaurus: to make someone afraid or… …   Useful english dictionary

  • frighten somebody to death — frighten/scare sb to ˈdeath idiom to frighten sb very much • Spiders frighten him to death. Main entry: ↑deathidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • frighten someone to death — frighten/scare (someone) to death to make someone feel very frightened. David suddenly appeared in the doorway and scared me to death …   New idioms dictionary

  • frighten the life out of someone — frighten the life out of someone/frighten someone to death/informal phrase to make someone feel extremely afraid or nervous The older girls frightened us to death with tales of what would happen to us. Thesaurus: to make someone afraid or… …   Useful english dictionary

  • frighten — frighten, fright, scare, alarm, terrify, terrorize, startle, affray, affright mean to strike or to fill with fear or dread. Frighten is perhaps the most frequent in use; it is the most inclusive, for it may range in implicaton from a momentary… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • frighten — v. 1) (d; tr.) to frighten into (to frighten smb. into submission) 2) (d; tr.) to frighten out of (to frighten smb. out of doing smt.) 3) (misc.) to frighten smb. to death * * * (misc.) to frighten smb. to death (d; tr.) to frighten into (to… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • frighten — fright|en [ˈfraıtn] v [T] to make someone feel afraid = ↑scare ▪ Don t stand so near the edge! You re frightening me. ▪ She was frightened by the anger in his eyes. ▪ Computers used to frighten me, but not now. frighten sb to death/frighten the… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • frighten */*/ — UK [ˈfraɪt(ə)n] / US verb [transitive] Word forms frighten : present tense I/you/we/they frighten he/she/it frightens present participle frightening past tense frightened past participle frightened to make someone feel afraid, especially suddenly …   English dictionary

  • frighten — verb ADVERB ▪ really ▪ The prospect of war really frightens me. ▪ almost ▪ easily ▪ a man who doesn t frighten easily (= become frightened easily) …   Collocations dictionary

  • frighten — verb (T) 1 to make someone feel afraid: Don t stand so near the edge, you re frightening me! | frighten sb to death/frighten sb out of their wits (=make someone feel extremely afraid): She ll be frightened to death when she sees the way you drive …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • frighten — fright|en [ fraıtn ] verb transitive ** to make someone feel afraid, especially suddenly: SCARE: Stop it! You re frightening the children! a. to make someone feel nervous or worried: The thought of war frightens me. It frightens me how quickly… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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