go stiff

Frequency: 6.835.2 per million words

To suddenly become rigid, often due to cold, fear, or shock.

stiffVERB + stiff

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Examples (10)

  • My fingers had gone stiff with cold.
  • When she saw the ghost, she went completely stiff.
  • If you stay out in this weather, you'll go stiff very quickly.
  • After sitting for hours, his legs began to go stiff.
  • The doctor observed that the patient's muscles were starting to go stiff.
  • He was so terrified that his whole body went stiff.
  • Make sure to stretch, or your neck will go stiff tomorrow.
  • The old mechanism had gone stiff from disuse.
  • Don't just stand there; move around before you go stiff.
  • Her face went stiff with disapproval at his rude comment.