beat the socks off (of) (someone)
beat the socks off (of) (someone)
slang To defeat someone decisively in a competition. Despite using the word "socks," this phrase does not involve literally stripping off someone's clothes. The final score was 17-1? Wow, we really beat the socks off that team!
See also: beat, off, sock
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- beat the pants off
- beat the pants off (of) (someone)
- beat the pants off someone
- lick the pants off (someone)
- beat (one's) pants off
- cut off at the pass, to
- get someone's dander up, to
- make mincemeat of
- make mincemeat of somebody/something
- make mincemeat of someone