frighten the life out of

: to make afraid : terrify

: to drive or force by frightening

: to become frightened

: the quality that distinguishes a vital and functional being from a dead body

: a principle or force that is considered to underlie the distinctive quality of animate beings

: an organismic state characterized by capacity for metabolism (see metabolism 1), growth, reaction to stimuli, and reproduction

: of or relating to animate being

: lifelong

: using a living model

: in a direction away from the inside or center

: outside

: from among others

: eject, oust

: to identify publicly as being such secretly

: to become publicly known

used as a function word to indicate an outward movement

: situated outside : external

: out-of-bounds

: situated at a distance : outlying

: outside

: one who is out of office or power or on the outside

: an act or instance of putting a player out or of being put out in baseball

: in a manner that exceeds or surpasses and sometimes overpowers or defeats