knock the living daylights out of vs manhandle

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. 

manhandle

verb
  • To assault or beat up a person. 

  • To mishandle; to handle roughly; to mangle. 

  • To move something heavy by force of men, without aid of levers, pulleys, machine, or tackles. 

  • To control (a machine, vehicle, situation, etc.) by means of physical strength. 

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