Meanings
present singular third person scares someone out of their mind · participle present scaring someone out of their mind · participle past scared someone out of their mind · past scared someone out of their mind
- Synonym of scare someone out of their wits (“to frighten greatly”).
He scared me out of my mind, sneaking up behind me in the dark like that.
3 more examples
That spirit told me there was little choice except to scare me out of my mind enough to open it to the rest of my being.
2012 June 5, Sun Bear, Wabun Wind, Shawnodese, “Envisioning the World” (chapter 3), in Dreaming With the Wheel, Touchstone Books, →ISBN, page 44You come in here and scare me out of my mind during this awful storm, and then you have the audacity to say you're sorry and you didn't mean to scare me.
2018 May 9, Janice Marckmann, chapter 1, in Sovereign: a Journey to Peace, WestBow Press, →ISBNWhat does scare me out of my mind is that she'll pass me over for someone closer to her own age before she gives me a chance.
2019 September 12 [2017 January 18], Lexi Buchanan, “Prologue: 8 Weeks Ago ~ Diego”, in Love in Flame, HFCA Publishing HouseSynonyms: scare someone out of their wits
Synonyms & antonyms
verbSynonym of scare someone out of their wits (“to frighten greatly”).
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