beat the (living) daylights out of

idiom

: to beat (someone) very badly
They threatened to beat the (living) daylights out of him.

Examples of beat the (living) daylights out of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Raising the brutality, the players beat the daylights out of each other. Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2022

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“Beat the (living) daylights out of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beat%20the%20%28living%29%20daylights%20out%20of. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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