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beat the shit out of en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, vulgar) To beat (someone) severely.
    • “Just a bunch of scumbags out to wreck Dublin city. The gardaí [police]^([sic]) should have free rein to beat the shit out of them.” 2023 November 24, Rory Carroll, “‘Government is not listening’: anger over immigration spills into riot on Dublin’s streets”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
    • He had beat the shit out of her. Almost broke her jaw. 1994, Eric Wilson, Strands, →ISBN, page 54:
  2. (idiomatic, vulgar) To defeat (someone) decisively in a fight or a competition.
    • I think if it was one game, winner take all, and everyone was in shape... I would have to go with Dream Team I. To tell you the truth, I think they would beat the shit out of us. 1999, Reggie Miller with Gene Wojciechowski, I Love Being the Enemy, →ISBN, page 58:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
beaten the shit out of Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
beat the snot out of alternative lexicographic
beats the shit out of Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
beating the shit out of Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
beat the shit out of Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part colloquial lexicographic
beat the shit out of Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

clobber