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beaten the pants off

beaten the pants off is the past participle of beat the pants off.

Meaning of beat the pants off

Verb

beat the pants off (third-person singular simple present beats the pants off, present participle beating the pants off, simple past beat the pants off, past participle beaten the pants off or beat the pants off)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To thoroughly and decisively defeat someone, either in a physical fight or, figuratively, in a competition.
    • American workers can outcompete and beat the pants off anybody, anywhere.1987 September 6, Bernard Weinraub, “Reagan Tells Congress to Shun Protectionism”, in New York Times, retrieved 16 Aug 2012
    Synonyms:
    clobber

Questions about beaten the pants off

What is beaten the pants off the past participle of?
Beaten the pants off is the past participle of beat the pants off.

Words near beaten the pants off in the dictionary

  1. beaten the dummy
  2. beaten the dust
  3. beaten the hoof
  4. beaten the meat
  5. beaten the odds
  6. beaten the pants off
  7. beaten the poop out of
  8. beaten the shit out of
  9. beaten the stuffing out of
  10. beaten the system
  11. beaten the tar out of

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