Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

knocking the living daylights out of

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.37 in modern English

Syllables
knock-ing the liv-ing -day-light-s out of
IPA
60
Scrabble Score
31
Letters
6
Syllables
17
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of knock the living daylights out of

Questions

What does knocking the living daylights out of mean?
present participle and gerund of knock the living daylights out of

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