to scare the bejesus out of

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• scare the bejesus out of someone — frighten someone very much …   Useful english dictionary

• the bejesus — informal used for emphasis after words like scare, frighten, and beat That movie scared the bejesus out of me. [=that movie scared me very badly] They beat the bejesus out of the other team. • • • Main Entry: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• bejesus — [bi jē′zəs] [euphemism for by Jesus] interj. used variously to express surprise, pleasure, anger, annoyance, etc. n. Slang a term of indefinite meaning, often used to provide emphasis, esp. in such phrases as beat (or scare) the bejesus out of …   English World dictionary

• scare — 1. verb stop it, you re scaring me Syn: frighten, startle, alarm, terrify, petrify, intimidate, terrorize, make afraid, make fearful, fill with fear, give someone a fright, panic, throw into a panic, shock, unnerve, cow; strike terror into, put …   Thesaurus of popular words

• frighten — verb the fighting in the streets frightened us Syn: scare, startle, alarm, terrify, petrify, shock, chill, panic, shake, disturb, dismay, unnerve, unman, intimidate, terrorize, cow, daunt; strike terror into, put the …   Thesaurus of popular words

• terrify — verb that crazy driver terrified us Syn: petrify, horrify, frighten, scare, scare stiff, scare/frighten to death, scare/frighten the living daylights out of, scare/frighten the life out of, scare/frighten someone out of their wits, scare witless …   Thesaurus of popular words

• petrify — verb the thought of speaking in public petrified her Syn: terrify, horrify, frighten, scare, scare/frighten to death, scare/frighten the living daylights out of, scare/frighten the life out of, strike terror into, put the fear of God into;… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• terrify — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. terrorize, frighten, alarm; appall, dismay; cow, intimidate; panic, stampede. See fear. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. shock, horrify, terrorize; see frighten 1 . See Synonym Study at frighten . III… …   English dictionary for students

• threaten — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To warn of punishment] Syn. intimidate, menace, caution, admonish, hold over, scare, torment, push around, browbeat, forewarn, bully, terrorize, abuse, bluster, fulminate, look daggers, thunder against, bulldoze*, draw a gun …   English dictionary for students

• Three Pests in a Mess — Infobox Film name = Three Pests in a Mess caption = director = Del Lord writer = Del Lord starring = Moe Howard Larry Fine Curly Howard Christine McIntyre Brian O Hara Vernon Dent Snub Pollard Victor Travers Heinie Conklin cinematography =… …   Wikipedia

• George Roy Hill — Infobox Actor name = George Roy Hill birthdate = birth date|1921|12|20 location = Minneapolis, Minnesota deathdate = death date and age|2002|12|27|1921|12|20 deathplace = New York City spouse = Louisa Horton Hill (m.1951) academyawards = Best… …   Wikipedia