Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

knock the living daylights out of

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.38 in modern English

Syllables: knock- the liv-ing -day-light-s out of
IPA

56

Scrabble Score

28

Letters

6

Syllables

17

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To beat or strike someone.

verb

To thoroughly and decisively defeat someone in a physical fight, especially by knocking out that person.

verb

To greatly excel against (someone or something).

Example Sentences

"Boy, the fellows said he just knocked the living daylights out of him, bounced him six feet across the ground."
"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"
"...where new and better depreciation regulations and a 7% business investment credit knocked the living daylights out of normal and historical accounting procedures..."

Inflected Forms

knocks the living daylights out of (present, singular) 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)

Synonyms

clobber

Questions

What does knock the living daylights out of mean?: To beat or strike someone.

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