knock the living daylights out of vs whack

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. 

whack

verb
  • To hit, slap or strike. 

  • To kill, bump off. 

  • To surpass; to better. 

  • To beat convincingly; to thrash. 

  • To share or parcel out (often with up). 

noun
  • An attempt, a chance, a turn, a go, originally an attempt to beat someone or something. 

  • The sound of a heavy strike. 

  • The strike itself. 

  • The backslash, ⟨ \ ⟩. 

  • The stroke itself, regardless of its successful impact. 

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