beat the daylights out of (English, verb)
expansion: beat the daylights out of (third-person singular simple present beats the daylights out of, present participle beating the daylights out of, simple past beat the daylights out of, past participle beaten the daylights out of or beat the daylights out of)
Senses:
glosses: To beat (someone) severely.
tags: idiomatic
transitive
glosses: To defeat (someone) thoroughly and decisively, especially in a physical fight.
tags: idiomatic
transitive
Forms:
form: beats the daylights out of
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: beating the daylights out of
tags: participle
present
form: beat the daylights out of
tags: past
form: beaten the daylights out of
tags: participle
past
form: beat the daylights out of
tags: participle
past
form: beat the daylight out of
tags: alternative