make someone's hair stand on end

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make someone's hair stand on end — idiom

1. to shock or frighten someone very much, often by telling a scary story or showin

1.idiom
Definition

to shock or frighten someone very much, often by telling a scary story or showing something frightening

Example

The horror film made Yara's hair stand on end, so she turned on all the lights.

The sound of footsteps in the empty house made our hair stand on end.