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beaten the stuffing out of

beaten the stuffing out of is the past participle of beat the stuffing out of.

Meaning of beat the stuffing out of

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.
  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

Questions about beaten the stuffing out of

What is beaten the stuffing out of the past participle of?
Beaten the stuffing out of is the past participle of beat the stuffing out of.

Words near beaten the stuffing out of in the dictionary

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

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