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send shivers down someone's spine en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To terrify; to make someone feel extremely nervous.
    • Hearing that the killer escaped prison sent shivers down my spine.

Forms

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sent shivers down someone's spine Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
sent shivers down someone's spine Tense=Past lexicographic
sends shivers down someone's spine Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
send shivers up someone's spine alternative lexicographic
send chills down someone's spine alternative lexicographic
send a chill down someone's spine alternative lexicographic
sending shivers down someone's spine Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
send a shiver down someone's spine alternative lexicographic
send chills up someone's spine alternative lexicographic
send a shiver up someone's spine alternative lexicographic
send a chill up someone's spine alternative lexicographic

Relateds

give someone the creeps

Translations (8)

vi lạnh sống lưng (terrify) · de jemandem kalt den Rücken runterlaufen (terrify) · fi saada kylmät väreet kulkemaan pitkin selkäpiitä (terrify) · gl arrepiar (terrify) · cmn 發毛 /发毛 (terrify) · is það fór hrollur um hann (terrify) · fr faire froid dans le dos (terrify) · pt dar um frio na barriga (terrify)