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be like a deer/rabbit caught in the headlights
Definition
› to be so frightened or surprised that you cannot move or think: Each time they asked him a question he was like a deer caught in the headlights.AfraidSurprised
(Definition of be like a deer/rabbit caught in the headlights from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Afraid
Synonyms and related words:
- afraid adjective (FEAR)
- bottle out phrasal verb
- cower verb
- fear for sb/sth phrasal verb
- fear noun
- fear the worst idiom
- fear verb
- fearful adjective (FRIGHTENED)
- fearfully adverb
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- panic-stricken adjective
- panicky adjective
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- shit verb
- terrified adjective
- terror-stricken adjective
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