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whip the pants off

whip the pants off is the alternative form of beat the pants off.

Meaning of beat the pants off

Verb

beat the pants off (third-person singular simple present beats the pants off, present participle beating the pants off, simple past beat the pants off, past participle beaten the pants off or beat the pants off)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To thoroughly and decisively defeat someone, either in a physical fight or, figuratively, in a competition.
    • American workers can outcompete and beat the pants off anybody, anywhere.1987 September 6, Bernard Weinraub, “Reagan Tells Congress to Shun Protectionism”, in New York Times, retrieved 16 Aug 2012
    Synonyms:
    clobber

Forms of whip the pants off

third-person singular presentwhips the pants off
present participlewhipping the pants off
past participlewhipped the pants off
pastwhipped the pants off

Questions about whip the pants off

What is whip the pants off the alternative form of?
Whip the pants off is the alternative form of beat the pants off.

Words near whip the pants off in the dictionary

  1. whip stitch
  2. whip stitched
  3. whip stitches
  4. whip stitching
  5. whip the cat
  6. whip the pants off
  7. whip through
  8. whip together
  9. whip top
  10. whip up
  11. whip up a storm

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