send shivers down someone's spine
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- 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
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Verb
[edit]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)
- (idiomatic, informal) To terrify; to make someone feel extremely nervous.
- Hearing that the killer escaped prison sent shivers down my spine.
Translations
[edit]terrify
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