scare the crap out of

phrase

informal + impolite

: to scare (someone) very badly

That movie scared the crap out of me.

Examples of scare the crap out of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

Rhymes for scare the crap out of

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