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wit

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AT ONE'S WITS' END,

KEEP ONE'S HEAD or KEEP ONE'S WITS ABOUT ONE,

SCARE OUT OF ONE'S WITS.

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[out of one's wits] See: [SCARE OUT OF ONE'S WITS]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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