Definition of "bejesus" [bejesus]

• Slang Used as an intensive: The bear scared the bejesus out of us. (noun)

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• "But still I must utter a more-than-slightly-alarmed: What the bejesus is the world coming to?"
• "But, unhinged yelling about the other candidates scare the "bejesus" out of you is not a sign of a serious candidate."
• "And so we learn that the president and the Congress had the so-called "bejesus" scared out of them to get them on board the bailout express-which turned into a bailout local, may just be stuck at the station."