seven bells out of
seven bells out of adverb: used as an intensifier between a verb and its object: thoroughly, with vigour, to an intense degree.
Adverb
seven bells out of (not comparable)
- Used as an intensifier between a verb and its object: thoroughly, with vigour, to an intense degree.
- to beat seven bells out of someone
- If they told a boy they would knock seven bells out of him if he did a certain thing, when he did that thing, seven bells invariably were knocked out of him.1909, Jack London, Mauki
- Synonyms:
- seven hells out of, the bejeebers out of, the bejesus out of, the crap out of, the daylight out of, the daylights out of, the devil out of, the dickens out of, the flying fuck out of, the fuck out of
Synonyms of seven bells out of
- seven hells out of
- the bejeebers out of
- the bejesus out of
- the crap out of
- the daylight out of
- the daylights out of
- the devil out of
- the dickens out of
- the flying fuck out of
- the fuck out of
18 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- the fuckola out of
- the heck out of
- the hell out of
- the life out of
- the living crap out of
- the living daylights out of
- the living shit out of
- the pantaloons off
- the pants off
- the pants off of
- the piss out of
- the poop out of
- the shit out of
- the snot out of
- the socks off
- the stuffing out of
- the stuffings out of
- the tar out of
Origin of seven bells out of
From seven bells.
Questions about seven bells out of
- What does seven bells out of mean?
- Seven bells out of means used as an intensifier between a verb and its object: thoroughly, with vigour, to an intense degree.
- What part of speech is seven bells out of?
- Seven bells out of is an adverb.
Words near seven bells out of in the dictionary
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