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What is another word for scare the bejesus out of?

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To frighten or cause fear

To bully or threaten, especially by causing others to feel frightened

Verb

To frighten or cause fear

chill someone's blood

frighten someone out of their wits

frighten the life out of

frighten the living daylights out of

frighten to death

give someone a fright

give someone goose pimples

give someone the heebie-jeebies

make someone jump out of their skin

make someone's blood run cold

make someone's hair curl

make someone's hair stand on end

make someone shake in their shoes

put the fear of God into

put the wind up

scare someone out of their wits

scare the hell out of

scare the life out of

scare the living daylights out of

scare the pants off

send into a cold sweat

strike terror into

throw into a blue funk

throw into a panic

make one's hair stand on end

fill with terror

make one's blood run cold

strike terror in

inspire panic in

chill to the bone

chill to the marrow

freeze your blood

curdle the blood

get the wind up

make teeth chatter

throw into a fright

frighten out of your wits

make one's flesh creep

give one the creeps

scare the pants off of

send chills down the spine of

scare someone half to death

make flesh crawl

paralyse with fear

strike fear into

give someone a jolt

make someone jump out of his skin

throw off balance

ride roughshod over

use strong-arm tactics on

throw into a tizzy

turn on the heat

throw into a tizz

mess with someone's head

do someone's head in

give a hard time

knock for a loop

scare the daylights out of

become horror-stricken

become horror-struck

blind someone with something

take your breath away

throw into disarray

put into a flap

fill with panic

put off one's stroke

pull the rug out from under

pull the rug from under

cause someone to lose their composure

rattle one's cage

put someone off their stride

put out of countenance

scare hell out of

utter threats to

issue threats to

knock props out

put through the wringer

hold a gun to one's head

put the chill on

force one's hand

twist one's arm

cause anxiety to

weigh heavily on one's mind

be a great weight on

put the squeeze on

put pressure on

put the screws on

bring pressure to bear on

put under an obligation

use pressure on

give someone grief

hurt somebody's feelings

get on your wick

play the heavy with

give someone the creeps

be repugnant to

make someone want to throw up

be distasteful to

make your gorge rise

fill with consternation

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Verb

To bully or threaten, especially by causing others to feel frightened

use strong-arm tactics on

twist someone's arm

put the screws on

ride roughshod over

put pressure on

use pressure on

bring pressure to bear on

put the squeeze on

turn on the heat

rule with an iron hand

rule with a rod of iron

keep under thumb

twist one's arm

put under an obligation

give a hard time

breathe down someone's neck

bring someone to their knees

trample underfoot

put the frighteners on

make things hot for someone

force one's hand

take advantage of

make it hot for someone

lead by the nose

turn the screws on

put the heat on

have someone under your thumb

rule despotically

tighten the screws on

be in the saddle

put through the wringer

put the chill on

hold a gun to one's head

give someone hell

blind someone with something

take your breath away

get on someone's back

issue threats to

play the heavy with

utter threats to

make an offer they can't refuse

scare hell out of

put the screws to

pull the strings

steamroller into

tighten the screw on

turn the screw on

have someone do something

exert influence on

gain mastery over

gain ascendancy over

gain control of

render helpless

weigh heavy upon

render incapable

render powerless

give the business

live off the backs of

take for a ride

put one over on

withhold rights from

take advantage of somebody

have ascendancy over

have the whip hand over

exercise control over

be in command of

play first fiddle

have the upper hand in

have mastery over

be in charge of

be in control of

have under one's thumb

wear the trousers

have the upper hand over

have upper hand

lay down the law

rule the roost in

push the buttons

throw your weight around

be in the driver's seat

bend to your will

drive up the wall

be on your back

rattle one's cage

drive round the twist

drive round the bend

give a bad time

give someone grief

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scare the hell out of

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scare the life out of

scare the living daylights out of

scare the pants off

scare the bejeebers out of

scares to death

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