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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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Normally, the rest of the field are scared stiff of Radcliffe, last night she was the one with the fear factor.
But only the father cares enough to make sure he's scared stiff not to do something like that again.
Halton had a bug eyed stare proving him to be scared stiff and he was decked with a big right to the temple.
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.
Some are scared stiff of losing their work, others are pressured by family members not to complain.
They are scared stiff of what other people think, who in turn are scared stiff of what they think.

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