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What does scared stiff mean?

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Adjective
  1. In the fear-induced state (literal or figurative) where an person seems incapable of movement.
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He sent an ambulance to me, and while I waited for it, I sat on the curb, scared stiff, clutching a matted, long-haired tabby cat.
They are scared stiff about the fact that satellites could belong to foreign companies.
A brave businesswoman who is scared stiff of sharks is set to take the charity plunge into a tank full of the fearsome fish.
Some are scared stiff of losing their work, others are pressured by family members not to complain.
But only the father cares enough to make sure he's scared stiff not to do something like that again.
Everything I had thought to be possible was true, and I didn't know whether to feel relieved or scared stiff.

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