"brick it" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-brick it.ogg [Australia] Forms: bricks it [present, singular, third-person], bricking it [participle, present], bricked it [participle, past], bricked it [past]
Etymology: Related to shit a brick. Etymology templates: {{m|en|shit a brick}} shit a brick Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} brick it (third-person singular simple present bricks it, present participle bricking it, simple past and past participle bricked it)
  1. (slang, vulgar) To be scared; to be terrified. Tags: slang, vulgar Categories (topical): Bricks, Fear

Inflected forms

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