lick the pants off

verb

To thoroughly and decisively defeat someone, either in a physical fight or, figuratively, in a competition.

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Meanings

verblick 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)

present singular third person licks the pants off · participle present licking the pants off · participle past licked the pants off · past licked the pants off · alternative beat the pants off

  1. idiomatictransitiveTo thoroughly and decisively defeat someone, either in a physical fight or, figuratively, in a competition.

    "Dang you, Luck, if you wasn't such a little runt I'd come up there and jest about lick the pants off you!"

    1916, B. M. Bower, chapter 9, in The Heritage of the Sioux

    Synonyms: clobber

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo thoroughly and decisively defeat someone, either in a physical fight or, figuratively, in a competition.

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clobber
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APA

lick the pants off. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lick%20the%20pants%20off

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lick the pants off,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lick%20the%20pants%20off.

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