beat the stuffing out of
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Verb
beat the stuffing out of
- (idiomatic) To beat very severely.
- If you ever use that kind of language in front of my girlfriend again, I am going to beat the stuffing out of you.
- At the fiesta, the kids beat the stuffing out of the pinata, and their parents beat the stuffing out of a drunk who walked up and made threats.
- (idiomatic) To trounce, outdo, or triumph over.
- The U.S. ski team beat the stuffing out of the Austrians in Alpine, but Norway took the gold home in Nordic.
Synonyms
- (trounce): trounce
- beat
- beat the crap out of
- beat the daylight out of
- beat the shit out of
- beat the tar out of
- knock the daylight out of