the living daylights out of

adverb

Synonym of the daylights out of.

“They beat the living daylights out of us.”

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seven bells out ofseven hells out ofthe bejeebers out ofthe bejesus out ofthe crap out ofthe daylight out ofthe daylights out ofthe devil out of
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Meanings

adverbthe living daylights out of (not comparable)
  1. informalnot comparableSynonym of the daylights out of.

    They beat the living daylights out of us.

    3 more examples

    Boy, the fellows said he just knocked the living daylights out of him, bounced him six feet across the ground.

    1939, Ruth McKenney, Industrial Valley, →ISBN, page 255

    He won the English championship from the six-foot-three-inch, seventeen-stone Sam Hurst, the Staleybridge Infant, knocking the living daylights out of this champion

    1954, Denzil Batchelor, Big Fight: The Story of World Championship Boxing, →OCLC, page 65

    ...where new and better depreciation regulations and a 7% business investment credit knocked the living daylights out of normal and historical accounting procedures...

    1963, “10 second summary”, in Business Management, volume 25, page 38

    Synonyms: seven bells out of, seven hells out of, the bejeebers out of, the bejesus out of, the crap out of, the daylight out of, the daylights out of, the devil out of

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbSynonym of the daylights out of.

Similar
seven bells out ofseven hells out ofthe bejeebers out ofthe bejesus out ofthe crap out ofthe daylight out ofthe daylights out ofthe devil out ofthe dickens out ofthe flying fuck out ofthe fuck out ofthe fuckola out ofthe heck out ofthe hell out ofthe life out ofthe living crap out ofthe living shit out ofthe pantaloons offthe pants off
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seven bells out ofseven hells out ofthe bejeebers out ofthe bejesus out ofthe crap out ofthe daylights out ofthe dickens out ofthe flying fuck out ofthe fuckola out ofthe fuck out ofthe heck out ofthe hell out ofthe life out ofthe living shit out ofthe piss out ofthe poop out ofthe shit out ofthe snot out ofthe stuffing out ofthe tar out of
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