Meaning

1 senses

  1. (colloquial, euphemistic, uncountable)Used for emphasis, similar to crap, shit or wits.

    The bear scared the bejesus out of us.

    He said you confused the bejesus out of him.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. You scared the bejesus out of me.

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  2. Tom scared the bejesus out of Mary.

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  3. Tom scared the holy bejesus out of me.

    deTom hat mich zu Tode erschreckt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Origin

A reduced form of by Jesus.

A reduced form of by Jesus.

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Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
beigebeingA2belatedbelatedlybelch

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