knock the living daylights out of

动词 v.
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英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To beat or strike someone. idiomatic
    — Boy, the fellows said he just knocked the living daylights out of him, bounced him six feet across the ground.
  2. To thoroughly and decisively defeat someone in a physical fight, especially by knocking out that person. idiomatic
    — 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
  3. To greatly excel against (someone or something). figuratively
    — ...where new and better depreciation regulations and a 7% business investment credit knocked the living daylights out of normal and historical accounting procedures...

词形变化

knocks the living daylights out of present,singular,third-person knocking the living daylights out of participle,present knocked the living daylights out of participle,past knocked the living daylights out of past beat the daylights out of alternative knock the daylights out of alternative
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