Idiom
beat the pants off
Meaning
To thoroughly and decisively defeat someone, either in a physical fight or, figuratively, in a competition.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Our team beat the pants off the other players today.”
“She practiced her presentation for weeks and beat the pants off the competition during the final round.”
“Despite being considered the underdog, the young athlete performed with such precision that he beat the pants off the reigning champion.”
Examples
simple
“Our team beat the pants off the other players today.”
contextual
“She practiced her presentation for weeks and beat the pants off the competition during the final round.”
complex
“Despite being considered the underdog, the young athlete performed with such precision that he beat the pants off the reigning champion.”
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