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Cat fold 525 Posted 8 years ago
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Freak out on me

Andy: You did what last year?
Prue: Look, I just wanted to see how you would react to finding out I was a witch.
Andy: So you cast a truth spell on me. Why didn't you just ask?
Prue: Oh, because I was afraid you'd freak out on me.

I understand what "freak out" means. But with "on me" , I'm not quite understand what the speaker wants to express. Does "on me" here mean "because of me"?

  

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It means "applied to me."

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cat fold 525I was afraid you'd freak out on me.

'on me' ~ making me the person who has to deal with the event in question
~ so that I am affected (usually negatively)

I'm so sad. My dog died on me.
We're nowhere near a doctor, so don't pass out on me.
What bad luck! My car broke down on me while I was headed to a job int

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