Meaning of beat the pants off | Babel Free

Definitions

To thoroughly and decisively defeat someone, either in a physical fight or, figuratively, in a competition.

idiomatic, transitive

Examples

“American workers can outcompete and beat the pants off anybody, anywhere.”

“Jeffrey Vinik, manager of the $56 billion Fidelity Magellan Fund, the world's largest and most closely watched mutual fund, "beat the pants off the managers of other large funds," in the words of one analyst.”

“Their counterparts in Canada, Europe and Japan made less than half as much, sometimes while beating the pants off them in the marketplace.”

CEFR level