the pants off
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.46 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
phrase
An intensifier used with some transitive action verbs to indicate that the action is performed with thoroughness, vigor, or complete success.
Example Sentences
- "He liked the water rides, but the big roller-coaster scared the pants off him."
- ""Dang you, Luck, if you wasn't such a little runt I'd come up there and jest about lick the pants off you!""
- ""And did you also feel like you could whip the pants off any mother's son alive?""
- "Reuters had scooped the pants off the U.S. press."
- "American workers can outcompete and beat the pants off anybody, anywhere."
- "Jeffrey Vinik, manager of the $56 billion Fidelity Magellan Fund, the world's largest and most closely watched mutual fund, "beat the pants off the managers of other large funds," in the words of one analyst."
Inflected Forms
the pants off of (alternative)
Phrases
beat the pants off
someone's pants off
Frequently Paired Words
someone's pants off