- 1. send shivers down someone's spine (third-person singular simple present sends shivers down someone's spine, present participle sending shivers down someone's spine, simple past and past participle sent shivers down someone's spine) (idiomatic, informal) To terrify; to make someone feel extremely nervous. Source: ecdict
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