beat the hell out of (someone)

1. to hit someone hard and repeatedly.

Bill beat the hell out of me after we started arguing over a girl.

2. to completely defeat someone.

It's a thrill to beat the hell out of another team in front of 20,000 screaming fans.

Related vocabulary: it beats me

• the hearts and minds of someone
• the heat is on
• the heavens opened
• the height of
• the height of something
• the here and now
• the high and mighty
• the highest rung on the ladder
• the high ground
• the highways and byways
• the holy of holies
• the home straight
• the home stretch
• the hot ticket
• the house from hell
• the icing on the cake
• the ins and outs
• the ins and outs of
• the ins and outs of something
• the Ivy League
• the jewel in the crown
• the joker in the pack
• the joke's on
• the joke's on someone
• the jury is out