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beat the shit out of

beat the shit out of verb: to beat (someone) severely.

Verb

beat the shit out of (third-person singular simple present beats the shit out of, present participle beating the shit out of, simple past beat the shit out of, past participle beaten the shit out of or (colloquial) beat the shit out of)

  1. (idiomatic, vulgar) To beat (someone) severely.
    • He had beat the shit out of her. Almost broke her jaw.1994, Eric Wilson, Strands, →ISBN, page 54
    • “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
  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

Synonyms of beat the shit out of

Forms of beat the shit out of

third-person singular presentbeats the shit out of
present participlebeating the shit out of
pastbeat the shit out of
past participlebeaten the shit out of
alternative formbeat the snot out of
past participle (colloquial)beat the shit out of

Questions about beat the shit out of

What does beat the shit out of mean?
Beat the shit out of means to beat (someone) severely.
What part of speech is beat the shit out of?
Beat the shit out of is a verb.
What is the past tense of beat the shit out of?
The past tense of beat the shit out of is beat the shit out of.

Words near beat the shit out of in the dictionary

  1. beat the meat
  2. beat the odds
  3. beat the pants off
  4. beat the poop out of
  5. beat the rap
  6. beat the shit out of
  7. beat the stuffing out of
  8. beat the system
  9. beat the tar out of
  10. beat the wing
  11. beat time

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