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licks the pants off

licks the pants off is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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What is licks the pants off the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Licks the pants off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lick the pants off.

Words near licks the pants off in the dictionary

  1. licks someone's ass
  2. licks someone's balls
  3. licks someone's boots
  4. licks the birse
  5. licks the dust
  6. licks the pants off
  7. licks up
  8. licksome
  9. lickspit
  10. lickspits
  11. lickspittle

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