scare the crap out of
idiom
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?
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Marah Eakin, WIRED, 28 Feb. 2024
What better way to scare the crap out of any opposition than to own Prigozhin's death.
vlad says: 'Yes Prigozhin was assassinated.
—Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2023
But there’s a harrowing new Megatron-esque enemy sure to scare the crap out of even the most vociferous peaceniks in Washington: A drug cartel crossed with a terrorist organization.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 31 May 2023
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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Marah Eakin, WIRED, 28 Feb. 2024
What better way to scare the crap out of any opposition than to own Prigozhin's death.
vlad says: 'Yes Prigozhin was assassinated.
—Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2023
But there’s a harrowing new Megatron-esque enemy sure to scare the crap out of even the most vociferous peaceniks in Washington: A drug cartel crossed with a terrorist organization.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 31 May 2023
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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