"send shivers down someone's spine" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-send shivers down someone's spine.ogg Forms: sends shivers down someone's spine [present, singular, third-person], sending shivers down someone's spine [participle, present], sent shivers down someone's spine [participle, past], sent shivers down someone's spine [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|send<,,sent> shivers down someone's spine}} send shivers down someone's spine (third-person singular simple present sends shivers down someone's spine, present participle sending shivers down someone's spine, simple past and past participle sent shivers down someone's spine)
  1. (idiomatic, informal) To terrify; to make someone feel extremely nervous. Tags: idiomatic, informal Synonyms: send a shiver down someone's spine, send a shiver up someone's spine, send shivers up someone's spine, send a chill down someone's spine, send chills down someone's spine, send a chill up someone's spine, send chills up someone's spine Related terms: give someone the creeps Translations (terrify): 發毛 (Chinese Mandarin), 发毛 (fāmáo) (Chinese Mandarin), saada kylmät väreet kulkemaan pitkin selkäpiitä (Finnish), faire froid dans le dos (French), arrepiar (Galician), jemandem kalt den Rücken runterlaufen (German), það fór hrollur um hann (english: a shiver ran down his spine) (Icelandic), dar um frio na barriga (Portuguese), lạnh sống lưng (Vietnamese)

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