knock the stuffing out of
Examples
“Chelsea knocked the stuffing out of Brighton well before the final whistle when they beat⟳ them 1-3 at Brighton.”
“Added to these woes was the Treasury's demands for across-the-board train⟳ operator cost-cutting of broadly 10%. Passenger rail's slow, patchy and fragile recovery had the stuffing knocked out of it once more.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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