knock the daylights out of vs knock the living daylights out of

knock the daylights out of

knock the living daylights out of

verb
  • To greatly excel against (someone or something). 

  • To beat or strike someone. 

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

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