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Meaning of beat the stuffing out of | Babel Free

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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