knock the stuffing out of (English, verb)
expansion: knock the stuffing out of (third-person singular simple present knocks the stuffing out of, present participle knocking the stuffing out of, simple past and past participle knocked the stuffing out of)
Senses:
glosses: To cause (someone, a team) to lose energy and confidence.
tags: idiomatic
informal
Forms:
form: knocks the stuffing out of
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: knocking the stuffing out of
tags: participle
present
form: knocked the stuffing out of
tags: participle
past
form: knocked the stuffing out of
tags: past