English Idioms: Send shivers down someone’s spine

English Idioms About “Parts of the body”
Idiom: Send shivers down someone’s spine
Meaning: To terrify; to make someone feel extremely nervous.
Example: Hearing that the killer escaped prison sent shivers down my spine.

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