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the stuffing out of

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

Adverb

the stuffing out of (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Used as an intensifier between a verb and its object: thoroughly, with vigour, to an intense degree.
    • If you ever use that kind of language in front of my girlfriend again, I am going to beat the stuffing out of you.
    • Chelsea knocked the stuffing out of Brighton well before the final whistle when they beat them 1–3 at Brighton.

Synonyms of the stuffing out of

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Forms of the stuffing out of

alternative formthe stuffings out of

Questions about the stuffing out of

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

Words near the stuffing out of in the dictionary

  1. The Strip
  2. the stroke that broke the camel's back
  3. the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must
  4. the strong do what they can, the weak suffer what they must
  5. the struggle is real
  6. the stuffing out of
  7. The Stukeleys
  8. the sun is over the yardarm
  9. the sun is setting on something
  10. the sun sets on something
  11. the switch in time that saved nine

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