Meaning & use
bejesus
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Used informally in expressions of surprise, fear, or emphasis, especially in phrases like 'scare the bejesus out of' someone.
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The sudden thunderclap scared the bejesus out of the campers.
He worked the bejesus out of that old engine trying to get it running again.
A note on using this word
A euphemistic alteration of 'Jesus,' used since the early twentieth century mainly in informal, humorous American speech.
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