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beat the stuffing out of
vs
beat the tar out of
beat the stuffing out of
verb
To beat very severely.
To trounce, outdo, or triumph over.
beat the tar out of
verb
Synonym of beat the stuffing out of
How often have the words
beat the stuffing out of
and
beat the tar out of
occurred in a corpus of books?
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