From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsend shivers/chills up (and down) your spinesend shivers/chills up (and down) your spineto make you feel very frightened or excited The eerie howl of the siren sent chills up her spine. → send
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send shivers/chills up (and down) your spine• We both kept waiting for the moment when the experience would overwhelm us and send chills up our spines.• He kicked her sending shivers up her spine; again she yelped, and everything turned black.• Stephen King's novels have sent shivers up readers' spines for more than 20 years. 