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  • noun Mental soundness, wits.

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Examples

  • While he scared the 'bejeebers' out of the exploitive rich at the top of the tree, he hadn't managed to cut the Washington DC branches and foliage from the stem although he got to the roots of the population and has since begun working upwards all over again.

    East/West? Obama/McCain? It's about time that the gringos understood that Venezuela is for Venezuelans... 2008

  • "You can hit the bejeebers out of them and they go in," he said.

    Is Tennis Getting Too Soft? Tom Perrotta 2012

  • She has turned her energy and enthusiasm toward Avery, who loves the bejeebers out of third grade and the farm and doing stuff my mom loves to do, like baking and going to the flea market to buy hand-cranked grain mills and quilts so old that their original colors have faded into patches of gray and more gray.

    Ten Miles Past Normal Frances O’Roark Dowell 2011

  • She has turned her energy and enthusiasm toward Avery, who loves the bejeebers out of third grade and the farm and doing stuff my mom loves to do, like baking and going to the flea market to buy hand-cranked grain mills and quilts so old that their original colors have faded into patches of gray and more gray.

    Ten Miles Past Normal Frances O’Roark Dowell 2011

  • That should scare the bejeebers out of any thinking person.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the tax power infinite? 2010

  • No wonder, since it involves two subjects that easily scare the bejeebers out of folks: God and sex.

    Christine Wicker: Learning to Talk About God and Sex Christine Wicker 2010

  • The price of those clothes do scare the bejeebers out of me but I do like nice stuff that earns their keep.

    Petzal's Picks For New Hunting Fashions 2009

  • Thought about pedaling my bike the 5 miles, but I've been clipped once riding my bike on local roads and it scared the bejeebers out of me.

    America 2009 (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • The price of those clothes do scare the bejeebers out of me but I do like nice stuff that earns their keep.

    Petzal's Picks For New Hunting Fashions 2009

  • *** "Dead Set" is less remarkable, because this import from the U.K. is more typical of the genre and gets campy, although it will scare the bejeebers out of you.

    Everything Old Is New Again Nancy deWolf Smith 2010

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