"beaten the daylights out of" meaning in English

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Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|past participle}} beaten the daylights out of
  1. past participle of beat the daylights out of Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: beat the daylights out of
    Sense id: en-beaten_the_daylights_out_of-en-verb-j466h1i2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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