scare the pants off
Example Sentences
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But the lo-fi original can still scare the pants off you.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2020
One of my favorite parts of Halloween is having an excuse to scare the pants off people.
From The Verge ● Oct. 31, 2018
They came to scare the pants off of you.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2018
But only Fleetwood Mac has Stevie Nicks, a petite blonde who could scare the pants off J.R.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 20, 2017
“It would scare the pants off the Mayor and leading businessmen.”
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
