shit oneself

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shit oneself (third-person singular simple present shits oneself, present participle shitting oneself, simple past and past participle shit oneself or shitted oneself or shat oneself)

1. (vulgar, slang, literally) To soil oneself.
2. (vulgar, slang, figurative) To be very frightened or astonished (to the extent that one might lose control of one's bowels).
3. (vulgar, slang, figurative) To stop working, break.

   My AC completely shit itself as soon as the heat wave started

• (literal sense):

  (standard terms): fill one's pants, soil oneself, soil one's pants

  (vulgar slang terms) shit one's pants, crap one's pants

• (figurative sense):

  (non-vulgar slang terms): fill one's pants, be petrified, be terrified, wet oneself

  (vulgar slang terms): piss oneself, shit one's pants, shit bricks

• cream in one's jeans