strike a chill into someone

strike a chill into someone
strike fear/terror/a chill/into someone/someone’s heart/ phrase
to produce feelings of fear in someone

a subject guaranteed to strike fear in the hearts of parents

He was capable of striking terror into the enemy.

Her words struck a chill into me.

Thesaurus: to make someone afraid or frightenedsynonym
Main entry: strike

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  • strike a chill into someone's heart — strike fear/terror/a chill/into someone/someone’s heart/ phrase to produce feelings of fear in someone a subject guaranteed to strike fear in the hearts of parents He was capable of striking terror into the enemy …   Useful english dictionary

  • strike fear into someone — strike fear/terror/a chill/into someone/someone’s heart/ phrase to produce feelings of fear in someone a subject guaranteed to strike fear in the hearts of parents He was capable of striking terror into the enemy …   Useful english dictionary

  • strike fear into someone's heart — strike fear/terror/a chill/into someone/someone’s heart/ phrase to produce feelings of fear in someone a subject guaranteed to strike fear in the hearts of parents He was capable of striking terror into the enemy …   Useful english dictionary

  • strike terror into someone — strike fear/terror/a chill/into someone/someone’s heart/ phrase to produce feelings of fear in someone a subject guaranteed to strike fear in the hearts of parents He was capable of striking terror into the enemy …   Useful english dictionary

  • strike terror into someone's heart — strike fear/terror/a chill/into someone/someone’s heart/ phrase to produce feelings of fear in someone a subject guaranteed to strike fear in the hearts of parents He was capable of striking terror into the enemy …   Useful english dictionary

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  • strike — 1 /straIk/ verb past tense and past participle struck /str k/ THINK/NOTICE 1 (transitive not in progressive) if a thought or idea strikes you, you suddenly realize that it is important, interesting, surprising, bad etc: The funny side of the… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • strike — strikeless, adj. /struyk/, v., struck or (Obs.) strook; struck or (esp. for 31 34) stricken or (Obs.) strook; striking; n., adj. v.t. 1. to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit …   Universalium

  • strike — [c]/straɪk / (say struyk) verb (struck) or stricken) –verb (t) 1. to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit: he struck her and she fell to the floor. 2. to deliver a blow, stroke, or thrust with …  

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