the bejesus

noun

informal
used for emphasis after words like scare, frighten, and beat
That movie scared the bejesus out of me.They beat the bejesus out of the other team.

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“The bejesus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20bejesus. Accessed 25 Mar. 2023.

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