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Thesaurus: knock the living daylights out of

knock the living daylights out of (someone) (idiomatic) To beat or strike someone. (idiomatic) To thoroughly and decisively defeat someone in a physical fight, especially by knocking out that person. (figuratively) To gr…

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  1. knock the living daylights out of (someone) (idiomatic) To beat or strike someone. (idiomatic) To thoroughly and decisively defeat someone in a physical fight, especially by knocking out that person. (figuratively) To greatly excel against (someone or something).