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| hit like ton of bricks(verb, expression, disturb, agitate) | |
| in dismay | |
| inspire awe(expression, fear) | |
| inspire fear(expression, fear) | |
| jump the gun(verb, expression, shy, recoil) | |
| lay on thick(expression, impress, amaze, grandstand) | |
| lose your nerve(expression, scare, become, freak) | |
| make one's blood run cold(verb, fear, fill) | |
| make one's hair stand on end(verb, fear, fill) | |
| make one stare(expression, wonder) | |
| physiological reaction | |
| play to the gallery(expression, impress, amaze, grandstand) | |
| put chill on(expression, scare, frighten, terrify) | |
| raise an alarm(expression, fear) | |
| raise aprehensions(expression, fear) | |
| scare the pants off(expression, frighten, terrify) | |
| scare the pants off of(expression, shock, surprise, scare) | |
| scared to death(expression, upset, dismay, affright) | |
| shake one's belief(expression, unbelief doubt) | |
| shake one's faith(expression, unbelief doubt) |
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