"beat the shit out of" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-beat the shit out of.ogg Forms: beats the shit out of [present, singular, third-person], beating the shit out of [participle, present], beat the shit out of [past], beaten the shit out of [participle, past], beat the shit out of [colloquial, participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|beat<,,beat,beaten:beat􂀿colloquial􂁀> the shit out of}} beat the shit out of (third-person singular simple present beats the shit out of, present participle beating the shit out of, simple past beat the shit out of, past participle beaten the shit out of or (colloquial) beat the shit out of)
  1. (idiomatic, vulgar) To beat (someone) severely. Tags: idiomatic, vulgar
    Sense id: en-beat_the_shit_out_of-en-verb-5jFoAyHO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 66 34
  2. (idiomatic, vulgar) To defeat (someone) decisively in a fight or a competition. Tags: idiomatic, vulgar
    Sense id: en-beat_the_shit_out_of-en-verb-aiE9CnnZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: clobber

Inflected forms

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