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beat the daylights out of

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beat/knock the (living) daylights out of somebody
to hit someone very hard many times I'll knock the living daylights out of him if I catch him doing it again!
See also: beat, daylight, out


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When the delegates asked the women what they would do when they found a husband, Simon laughed, "I thought the ladies were going to beat the daylights out of them
``I wouldn't be surprised to see Schwarzenegger do what incumbents in trouble normally do -- beat the daylights out of his opponent.
Prismatic parts are where the horizontal really shines--it can beat the daylights out of the more standard vertical units.
 
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