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beat the stuffing out of en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To beat very severely.
    • 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.
    • If you ever use that kind of language in front of my girlfriend again, I am going to beat the stuffing out of you.
  2. (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.

Forms

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

Synonyms

trounce · clobber