beat the pants off

beat the pants off
{v. phr.} 1. To prevail over someone in a race or competition. * /Jim beat the pants off George in the swimming race./ 2. To give someone a severe physical beating. * /Jack beat the pants off the two young men who were trying to hold him up in Central Park./

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  • beat the pants off — {v. phr.} 1. To prevail over someone in a race or competition. * /Jim beat the pants off George in the swimming race./ 2. To give someone a severe physical beating. * /Jack beat the pants off the two young men who were trying to hold him up in… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • beat\ the\ pants\ off — v. phr. 1. To prevail over someone in a race or competition. Jim beat the pants off George in the swimming race. 2. To give someone a severe physical beating. Jack beat the pants off the two young men who were trying to hold him up in Central… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • beat the pants off — defeat by a large score, blow you away    Ho plays table tennis very well; she ll beat the pants off you …   English idioms

  • beat the pants off — [beat/bore/scare etc.] the pants off (someone) informal if someone or something beats, bores, scares etc. the pants off someone, they beat, bore, or scare them completely. I hate sunbathing. It bores the pants off me. Horror films scare the pants …   New idioms dictionary

  • Beat the pants off — beat convincingly …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • beat the pants off — Australian Slang beat convincingly …   English dialects glossary

  • the pants off — informal used for emphasis after words like charm, scare, frighten, bore, and beat He can charm the pants off anybody. [=he is very charming] She scared the pants off us [=she scared us very badly] when she phoned at 3 a.m. The meeting bored the… …   Useful english dictionary

  • beat the pants off — phrasal to defeat or surpass overwhelmingly …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • beat the pants off — informal prove to be vastly superior to …   Useful english dictionary

  • [beat/bore/scare etc.] the pants off someone — [beat/bore/scare etc.] the pants off (someone) informal if someone or something beats, bores, scares etc. the pants off someone, they beat, bore, or scare them completely. I hate sunbathing. It bores the pants off me. Horror films scare the pants …   New idioms dictionary

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