Speakur

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knock the daylights out of

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English

Syllables
knock- the -day-light-s out of
IPA
46
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
5
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of knock the living daylights out of.

Inflected Forms

knocks the daylights out of (present, singular) knocking the daylights out of (participle, present) knocked the daylights out of (participle, past) knocked the daylights out of (past)

Questions

What does knock the daylights out of mean?
Alternative form of knock the living daylights out of.

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