"beat someone's brains out" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-beat someone's brains out.ogg [Australia] Forms: beats someone's brains out [present, singular, third-person], beating someone's brains out [participle, present], beat someone's brains out [past], beaten someone's brains out [participle, past], beat someone's brains out [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|beat<,,beat,beaten> someone's brains out|past_ptc2=beat someone's brains out}} beat someone's brains out (third-person singular simple present beats someone's brains out, present participle beating someone's brains out, simple past beat someone's brains out, past participle beaten someone's brains out or beat someone's brains out)
  1. (idiomatic) To beat someone very severely. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Violence Synonyms: punch someone's lights out Related terms: beat one's brains out

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