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 identify as being a closet homosexual

: 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