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the crap out of

the crap out of adverb: used as an intensifier between a verb and its object: thoroughly, with vigour, to an intense degree.

Adverb

the crap out of (not comparable)

  1. (mildly, slang, vulgar) Used as an intensifier between a verb and its object: thoroughly, with vigour, to an intense degree.
    • If you ever call my husband again, I'll beat the crap out of you!

Synonyms of the crap out of

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Questions about the crap out of

What does the crap out of mean?
The crap 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 the crap out of?
The crap out of is an adverb.

Words near the crap out of in the dictionary

  1. The Cove
  2. the cow is out of the barn
  3. the cow knows not the worth of its tail till it loses it
  4. the cowl does not make the monk
  5. the craft
  6. the crap out of
  7. the cupboard is bare
  8. the cure is worse than the disease
  9. the curtain comes down
  10. the curtain falls
  11. the curtains match the drapes

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