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scared stiff

adj

Definitions

  1. scared to the point of being unable to move, or (figuratively) very scared.

    • He was scared stiff, like a deer in the headlights, by the vampire walking toward him.
    • I was scared stiff when I saw the car coming; it came like lightning;

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