Usually means: Frighten someone extremely, very much.
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  1. scare the pants off: Collins English Dictionary
  2. scare the pants off: Wiktionary
  3. scare the pants off: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. scare the pants off: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. scare the pants off (someone): English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

Definitions from Wiktionary (scare the pants off)

verb:  (slang, idiomatic) To scare or startle someone thoroughly.

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