the pants off

phrase

informal

—used for emphasis after words like charm, scare, frighten, bore, and beat

He can charm the pants off anybody.

She scared the pants off us when she phoned at 3 a.m.

Examples of the pants off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Who would believe that a Dodge Durango could beat the pants off almost every Ferrari ever built? — Tony Leopardo, Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2026

The dough then requires time to ferment, building acids slowly, developing character and depth that beat the pants off of quick-rising breads. — Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026

Well, there goes Dylan Efron, charming the pants off of everyone again. — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 15 Oct. 2025

For more than 40 years, this Westminster property has been scaring the pants off of Coloradans with its absolutely terrifying scenes and actors. — Barbara Ellis, Denver Post, 2 Oct. 2025

When an actor charms the pants off us, nothing, especially a writer with a ballpoint pen and bad hair, can persuade us to put them back on. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2025

Lululemon is almost literally looking to sue the pants off Costco. — Michael Bartiromo, The Hill, 30 June 2025

Opening up the app, checking that day’s probable pitchers for favorable streaming matchups, and settling on the optimal lineup to beat the pants off of your buddy’s team, all in pursuit of that glorious moment of trash talk in the group text thread. — Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 15 July 2024

Despite charming the pants off of Netflix subscribers with his first foray into the rom-com space, Tom Blyth still can’t get used to the light and fun stuff. — Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019

Rhymes for the pants off

• cerenkov
• ashraf
• checkoff
• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
• layoff
• liftoff
• markoff
• markov
• payoff