How to Use the pants off in a Sentence

the pants off

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  • True entertainers can charm the pants off even the toughest of critics.
    Jonathan Borge, InStyle, 27 Aug. 2026
  • 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
  • Who would believe that a Dodge Durango could beat the pants off almost every Ferrari ever built?
    Tony Leopardo, Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • Lululemon is almost literally looking to sue the pants off Costco.
    Michael Bartiromo, The Hill, 30 June 2025

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