From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmake somebody’s hair stand on endmake somebody’s hair stand on endFRIGHTENEDto make someone very frightened → hair
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make somebody’s hair stand on end• He was so close to her, his arms brushing lightly against hers, making her hairs stand on end.• The thought of a lawsuit was enough to make his hair stand on end.• I've been hearing rumours about his methods of taming his crew ... things to make your hair stand on end.• Some of the stories people had told me in that room would make your hair stand on end.• Yet here he was expecting to play a part that would make her hair stand on end. 