lick the pants off en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic, transitive) To thoroughly and decisively defeat someone, either in a physical fight or, figuratively, in a competition.
"Dang you, Luck, if you wasn't such a little runt I'd come up there and jest about lick the pants off you!"
1916, B. M. Bower, chapter 9, in The Heritage of the Sioux:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| licking the pants off | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| beat the pants off | alternative | lexicographic | |
| licks the pants off | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| licked the pants off | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| licked the pants off | Tense=Past | lexicographic |