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Idiom

beat someone's brains out

Meaning

To beat someone very severely (especially in the head).

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“The bully threatened to beat his brains out.”

“The fight turned violent when the attacker threatened to beat his brains out if he did not hand over his wallet.”

“The brutal scene depicted the villain threatening to beat his brains out, leaving the terrified witness unable to speak or move.”

Examples

simple

“The bully threatened to beat his brains out.”

contextual

“The fight turned violent when the attacker threatened to beat his brains out if he did not hand over his wallet.”

complex

“The brutal scene depicted the villain threatening to beat his brains out, leaving the terrified witness unable to speak or move.”

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