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beat the stuffing out of

beat the stuffing out of verb: to beat very severely.

Verb

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

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

Synonyms of beat the stuffing out of

Forms of beat the stuffing out of

third-person singular presentbeats the stuffing out of
present participlebeating the stuffing out of
pastbeat the stuffing out of
past participlebeaten the stuffing out of
past participle (colloquial)beat the stuffing out of

Questions about beat the stuffing out of

What does beat the stuffing out of mean?
Beat the stuffing out of means to beat very severely.
What part of speech is beat the stuffing out of?
Beat the stuffing out of is a verb.
What is the past tense of beat the stuffing out of?
The past tense of beat the stuffing out of is beat the stuffing out of.

Words near beat the stuffing out of in the dictionary

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

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