"knock the daylight out of" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: knocks the daylight out of [present, singular, third-person], knocking the daylight out of [participle, present], knocked the daylight out of [participle, past], knocked the daylight out of [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=knock the daylight out of}} knock the daylight out of (third-person singular simple present knocks the daylight out of, present participle knocking the daylight out of, simple past and past participle knocked the daylight out of)
  1. Synonym of beat the daylights out of Synonyms: beat the daylights out of [synonym, synonym-of], clobber
    Sense id: en-knock_the_daylight_out_of-en-verb-pLXOJCtc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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