startle out of

startle someone out of something

to frighten someone very badly. (The something that may be lost may be expressed as wits, senses, ten years' growth, etc.) The explosion startled Polly out of her senses. I frightened myself out often years' growth.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Allegra	ə-LEG-rə (English), ahl-LE-grah (Italian)	English (Rare), Italian (Rare)
Veniaminu	-	Old Church Slavic
Yasser	-	Arabic, Persian
Cornelius	kər-NEE-lee-əs (English), kawr-NAY-lee-us (Dutch), kawr-NE-lee-uws (German)	Ancient Roman, English, Dutch, German, Biblical
Maldwyn	-	Welsh
Vasya	-	Russian