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"text": "Hearing that the killer escaped prison sent shivers down my spine."
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"To terrify; to make someone feel extremely nervous."
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"(idiomatic, informal) To terrify; to make someone feel extremely nervous."
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"word": "send a shiver down someone's spine"
},
{
"word": "send a shiver up someone's spine"
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{
"word": "send shivers up someone's spine"
},
{
"word": "send a chill down someone's spine"
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"word": "send chills down someone's spine"
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"word": "send a chill up someone's spine"
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"word": "send chills up someone's spine"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "terrify",
"word": "發毛"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fāmáo",
"sense": "terrify",
"word": "发毛"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "terrify",
"word": "saada kylmät väreet kulkemaan pitkin selkäpiitä"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "terrify",
"word": "faire froid dans le dos"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "terrify",
"word": "arrepiar"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "terrify",
"word": "jemandem kalt den Rücken runterlaufen"
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"code": "is",
"english": "a shiver ran down his spine",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "terrify",
"word": "það fór hrollur um hann"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "terrify",
"word": "dar um frio na barriga"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "terrify",
"word": "lạnh sống lưng"
}
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},
{
"word": "send a chill down someone's spine"
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"word": "send a chill up someone's spine"
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"word": "send chills up someone's spine"
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"sense": "terrify",
"word": "發毛"
},
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fāmáo",
"sense": "terrify",
"word": "发毛"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "terrify",
"word": "saada kylmät väreet kulkemaan pitkin selkäpiitä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "terrify",
"word": "faire froid dans le dos"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "terrify",
"word": "arrepiar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "terrify",
"word": "jemandem kalt den Rücken runterlaufen"
},
{
"code": "is",
"english": "a shiver ran down his spine",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "terrify",
"word": "það fór hrollur um hann"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "terrify",
"word": "dar um frio na barriga"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "terrify",
"word": "lạnh sống lưng"
}
],
"word": "send shivers down someone's spine"
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