chill to the bone

verb

To make someone extremely cold, or to be extremely cold.

“I was just chilled to the bone.”

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Meanings

verbchill to the bone (third-person singular simple present chills to the bone, present participle chilling to the bone, simple past and past participle chilled to the bone)

present singular third person chills to the bone · participle present chilling to the bone · participle past chilled to the bone · past chilled to the bone

  1. idiomaticTo make someone extremely cold, or to be extremely cold.

    I was just chilled to the bone.

    1 more example

    Till now I always got by on my own / I never really cared until I met you / And now it chills me to the bone / How do I get you alone? / How do I get you alone?

    1983, Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly, “Alone”, in Bad Animals, performed by Heart, published 1987
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