send chills down spine



send chills down/up somebody's spine

to make someone feel very frightened Just thinking about walking back through the dark streets sent chills down her spine.
See also: chill, down, send, spine

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Cordell['kɔ:dəl]
Carroll-Irish
IdaIE-də (English), EE-dah (German, Swedish, Danish, Dutch, Italian)English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Slovene
Myrto-Greek
Surinder-Indian (Sikh)
Unice-English (Rare)