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Phrase(s): scare someone or an animal out of something [and] scare someone or an animal out
to frighten someone or an animal out of something or some place. • The old man tried to scare the kids out of his orchard by shouting at them. • Karen scared out the intruder., Phrase(s): scare someone out of something
to startle someone; to frighten someone into losing something, such as a year’s worth of growth, ten years of life, etc. • You nearly scared me out of my skin! • The bad news scared Roger out of ten years’ growth., Phrase(s): scare something out of someone
to frighten someone very badly. (The something can be the living daylights, the wits, the hell, the shit, etc. Use discretion with shit.) • Gee, you scared the living daylights out of me! • The police tried to scare the truth out of her. • The door blew shut and scared the hell out of me.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs