Idiom
knock the stuffing out of
Meaning
To cause (someone, a team) to lose energy and confidence.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“That sudden loss really knocked the stuffing out of him.”
“The team played well, but the early goal against them knocked the stuffing out of their confidence.”
“The unexpected rejection of his research proposal knocked the stuffing out of his ambition, leaving him to question his entire career path.”
Examples
simple
“That sudden loss really knocked the stuffing out of him.”
contextual
“The team played well, but the early goal against them knocked the stuffing out of their confidence.”
complex
“The unexpected rejection of his research proposal knocked the stuffing out of his ambition, leaving him to question his entire career path.”
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