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licked the pants off

licked the pants off is the simple past and past participle of lick the pants off.

Meaning of lick the pants off

Verb

lick the pants off (third-person singular simple present licks the pants off, present participle licking the pants off, simple past and past participle licked the pants off)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To thoroughly and decisively defeat someone, either in a physical fight or, figuratively, in a competition.
    • "Dang you, Luck, if you wasn't such a little runt I'd come up there and jest about lick the pants off you!"1916, B. M. Bower, chapter 9, in The Heritage of the Sioux
    Synonyms:
    clobber

Questions about licked the pants off

What is licked the pants off the simple past and past participle of?
Licked the pants off is the simple past and past participle of lick the pants off.

Words near licked the pants off in the dictionary

  1. licked someone's ass
  2. licked someone's balls
  3. licked someone's boots
  4. licked the birse
  5. licked the dust
  6. licked the pants off
  7. licked up
  8. lickedy
  9. lickedy-split
  10. licker
  11. licker-in

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