scare someone out of their mind

English

Verb

scare someone out of their mind (third-person singular simple present scares someone out of their mind, present participle scaring someone out of their mind, simple past and past participle scared someone out of their mind)

1. 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.

   • 2012 June 5, Sun Bear, Wabun Wind, Shawnodese, “Envisioning the World” (chapter 3), in Dreaming With the Wheel‎^[1], Touchstone Books, →ISBN, page 44:

     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.

   • 2018 May 9, Janice Marckmann, chapter 1, in Sovereign: a Journey to Peace‎^[2], WestBow Press, →ISBN:

     You 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.

   • 2019 September 12 [2017 January 18], Lexi Buchanan, “Prologue: 8 Weeks Ago ~ Diego”, in Love in Flame‎^[3], HFCA Publishing House:

     What 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.

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