"scare someone out of their wits" meaning in English

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      "form": "scares someone out of their wits",
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        "singular",
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    },
    {
      "form": "scaring someone out of their wits",
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    },
    {
      "form": "scared someone out of their wits",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "scared someone out of their wits",
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        "past"
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Fear",
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            "Human",
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            "Fundamental"
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        {
          "text": "He scared me out of my wits, sneaking up behind me in the dark like that.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To frighten someone to such an extent that they behave irrationally."
      ],
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          "frighten",
          "frighten"
        ],
        [
          "irrationally",
          "irrationally"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, informal) To frighten someone to such an extent that they behave irrationally."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "scare the pants off of"
        },
        {
          "word": "have one's wits about one"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "frighten someone out of their wits"
        }
      ],
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        "informal",
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    }
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  "word": "scare someone out of their wits"
}

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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "scaring someone out of their wits",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "scared someone out of their wits",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scared someone out of their wits",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "scare the pants off of"
    },
    {
      "word": "have one's wits about one"
    }
  ],
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        }
      ],
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        "To frighten someone to such an extent that they behave irrationally."
      ],
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          "frighten",
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        ],
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          "irrationally",
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        "(transitive, informal) To frighten someone to such an extent that they behave irrationally."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "frighten someone out of their wits"
        }
      ],
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