impact vs knock the living daylights out of

impact

verb
  • To collide or strike, the act of impinging. 

  • To stamp or impress onto something. 

  • To significantly or strongly influence or affect; to have an impact on. 

  • To compress; to compact; to press into something or pack together. 

noun
  • A significant or strong influence or effect. 

  • A forced impinging. 

  • The striking of one body against another; collision. 

  • The force or energy of a collision of two objects. 

knock the living daylights out of

verb
  • To beat or strike someone. 

  • To greatly excel against (someone or something). 

  • To thoroughly and decisively defeat someone in a physical fight, especially by knocking out that person. 

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