knock the living daylights out of

knock the living daylights out of
{v. phr.}, {slang}, {informal} To render (someone) unconscious (said in exaggeration). * /The news almost knocked the living daylights out of me./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • knock the living daylights out of — knock the (living) daylights out of see ↑daylight • • • Main Entry: ↑knock …   Useful english dictionary

  • knock the living daylights out of — beat/knock the (living) daylights out of (someone) to hit someone very hard many times. I ll knock the living daylights out of him if I catch him doing it again! …   New idioms dictionary

  • knock the living daylights out of someone — beat/knock the (living) daylights out of (someone) to hit someone very hard many times. I ll knock the living daylights out of him if I catch him doing it again! …   New idioms dictionary

  • knock the (living) daylights out of somebody — beat/knock the (living) ˈdaylights out of sb idiom (informal) to hit sb very hard several times and hurt them very much • Get out or I ll beat the living daylights out of you! Main entry: ↑daylightsidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • knock the (living) daylights out of someone — beat/knock/the (living) daylights out of someone phrase to hit someone very hard many times so that you injure them seriously Thesaurus: to hit a personsynonym Main entry: daylights …   Useful english dictionary

  • knock the living daylights out of — {v. phr.}, {slang}, {informal} To render (someone) unconscious (said in exaggeration). * /The news almost knocked the living daylights out of me./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • knock\ the\ living\ daylights\ out\ of — v. phr. slang informal To render (someone) unconscious (said in exaggeration). The news almost knocked the living daylights out of me …   Словарь американских идиом

  • knock the living daylights out of smb — make someone unconscious The man knocked the living daylights out of his friend during the fight …   Idioms and examples

  • knock the living daylights out of — verb To knock out; to hit and cause to be unconscious …   Wiktionary

  • beat the living daylights out of — beat/knock the (living) daylights out of (someone) to hit someone very hard many times. I ll knock the living daylights out of him if I catch him doing it again! …   New idioms dictionary

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