Meanings
- informalnot comparableUsed as an intensifier between a verb and its object: thoroughly, with vigour, to an intense degree.
to frighten the bejesus out of someone
Synonyms: seven bells out of, seven hells out of, the bejeebers out of, the crap out of, the daylight out of, the daylights out of, the devil out of, the dickens out of
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbUsed as an intensifier between a verb and its object: thoroughly, with vigour, to an intense degree.
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the bejesus out of. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/the%20bejesus%20out%20of
“the bejesus out of.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/the%20bejesus%20out%20of. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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