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beat the stuffing out of

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. To beat very severely.
    idiomatic
  2. To trounce, outdo, or triumph over.
    idiomatic

Examples

“If you ever use⟳ that kind of language in front of my girlfriend again, I am going to beat⟳ the stuffing out of you.”
“At the fiesta, the kids beat⟳ the stuffing out of the pinata, and their parents beat⟳ the stuffing out of a drunk who walked up and made threats.”
“The U.S. ski team beat⟳ the stuffing out of the Austrians in Alpine, but Norway took the gold home in Nordic.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

beat the system beat the tar out of beat the wing beat time beat to beat to a pulp

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