scare the crap out of

phrase

informal + impolite
: to scare (someone) very badly
That movie scared the crap out of me.

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Did Madame Leota’s floating head scare the crap out of you in the Haunted Mansion? Marah Eakin, WIRED, 28 Feb. 2024 Another option is fireworks, which would likely scare the crap out of vultures, then keep them and their crap away, Rohrlich reports. Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Jan. 2020

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“Scare the crap out of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scare%20the%20crap%20out%20of. Accessed 21 Jul. 2026.

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