"lick the pants off" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-lick the pants off.ogg [Australia] Forms: licks the pants off [present, singular, third-person], licking the pants off [participle, present], licked the pants off [participle, past], licked the pants off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=lick the pants off}} lick the pants off (third-person singular simple present licks the pants off, present participle licking the pants off, simple past and past participle licked the pants off)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To thoroughly and decisively defeat someone, either in a physical fight or, figuratively, in a competition. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Categories (topical): Violence Synonyms: clobber, beat the pants off

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