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send shivers down/up sb's spine
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(Definition of send shivers down/up sb's spine from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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send sb off phrasal verb
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send sb packing idiom
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send sb to Coventry idiom
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send sb to eternity idiom
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send sb/sth up phrasal verb
- send shivers down/up sb's spine idiom
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send shudders/a shudder down your spine idiom
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send sth back phrasal verb
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send sth in phrasal verb
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send sth off phrasal verb
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send sth on phrasal verb
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SMART Thesaurus: Frightening and scaring
Synonyms and related words:
- chill sb to the bone/marrow idiom
- cow verb
- creep noun
- frighten sb into sth phrasal verb
- frighten verb
- ghoulish adjective
- make sb's blood run cold idiom
- make sb's hair stand on end idiom
- make sb's skin crawl idiom
- make your flesh crawl/creep idiom
- overawe verb
- scare sb away/off phrasal verb
- scare sb into doing sth phrasal verb
- scare sb shitless idiom
- scare sb/sth away/off phrasal verb
- send chills down/up sb's spine idiom
- shiver noun
- terrify verb
- terrorize verb
- witless adjective
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