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Meaning of scare the pants off | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To scare or startle someone thoroughly.

idiomatic, slang

Examples

“He liked the water rides, but the big roller-coaster scared the pants off him.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

scare the shit out of scare up scare-crow scare-crowed scare-crowing scare-crows