seven bells out of en · ADV
Etymology
From seven bells.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, slang) Used as an intensifier between a verb and its object: thoroughly, with vigour, to an intense degree.
to beat seven bells out of someone
We beat seven bells out of each other, he broke my nose, I split open his eye, and I ended up winning on points.
2022, Paul Taylor, Death by Comfort:If they told a boy they would knock seven bells out of him if he did a certain thing, when he did that thing, seven bells invariably were knocked out of him.
1909, Jack London, Mauki:
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Synonyms
the piss out of · seven hells out of · the living crap out of · seven bells out of · the stuffing out of · the fuckola out of · the hell out of · the dickens out of · the pantaloons off · the heck out of · the shit out of · the living shit out of · the socks off · the bejeebers out of · the devil out of · the flying fuck out of · the snot out of · the life out of · the poop out of · the living daylights out of · the fuck out of · the bejesus out of · the stuffings out of · the crap out of · the daylight out of · the daylights out of · the pants off of · the tar out of · the pants off