give somebody a scare

Even the misses were close enough to give everyone a scare.

All he did was wander off and give us a scare.

I just wanted to give her a scare, that's all.

The first one gave me a scare because I wasn't ready for it.

We had really wanted to give Mickey a good scare.

I'll just pop in and give them a good scare.

I tell you it gave me a holy scare, too.

It gave us an awful scare when we heard you were going to die.

Of course, she couldn't expect the others to stick around for so long, and a visit from the police must have given them a scare.

Sure, and you gave me an awful scare there for a moment.