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knock the daylight out of

knock the daylight out of verb: synonym of beat the daylights out of.

Verb

knock the daylight out of (third-person singular simple present knocks the daylight out of, present participle knocking the daylight out of, simple past and past participle knocked the daylight out of)

  1. Synonym of beat the daylights out of.

Synonyms of knock the daylight out of

Forms of knock the daylight out of

third-person singular presentknocks the daylight out of
present participleknocking the daylight out of
past participleknocked the daylight out of
pastknocked the daylight out of

Questions about knock the daylight out of

What does knock the daylight out of mean?
Knock the daylight out of means synonym of beat the daylights out of.
What part of speech is knock the daylight out of?
Knock the daylight out of is a verb.
What is the past tense of knock the daylight out of?
The past tense of knock the daylight out of is knocked the daylight out of.

Words near knock the daylight out of in the dictionary

  1. knock someone's lights out
  2. knock someone's socks off
  3. knock someone's wind out
  4. knock the ball out of the park
  5. knock the corners off
  6. knock the daylight out of
  7. knock the daylights out of
  8. knock the living daylights out of
  9. knock the persimmon
  10. knock the stuffing out of
  11. knock the wind out of someone's sails

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