OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 61626

make someone's hair stand on end

Meanings (ES + gloss)
poner el vello de punta
To frighten or scare someone.
A commentator in the tabloid Bild said seeing signs like “Harald’s Eck” (“Harald’s Corner”) made his “hair stand on end”, and that the proper use of the genitive form would be bemo…
That scene in the movie where the killer is stalking his victim made my hair stand on end.
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