the daylights out of
the daylights out of adverb: used as an intensifier between a verb and its object: thoroughly, with vigour, to an intense degree.
Adverb
the daylights out of (not comparable)
- Used as an intensifier between a verb and its object: thoroughly, with vigour, to an intense degree.
- It scared the daylights out of us!
- Punching fast and furiously, I would beat the daylights out of them until they were bloody all over.1993, Lester Sumrall, The Life Story of Lester Sumrall, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- the living daylights out 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 devil out of, the dickens out of, the flying fuck out of
Synonyms of the daylights out of
- the living daylights out 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 devil out of
- the dickens out of
- the flying fuck out of
18 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- the fuck out of
- the fuckola out of
- the heck out of
- the hell out of
- the life out of
- the living crap 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
Forms of the daylights out of
| alternative form | the daylight out of |
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Questions about the daylights out of
- What does the daylights out of mean?
- The daylights 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 daylights out of?
- The daylights out of is an adverb.
Words near the daylights out of in the dictionary
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