lick the pants off (someone)
lick the pants off (someone)
To soundly, decisively, and/or thoroughly defeat or thrash someone or something, as in a competition or a physical confrontation. It was so satisfying to see the home team lick the pants off our cross-town rivals! When we were growing up, we knew never to disobey our mama, or she would lick the pants off us!
See also: lick, off, pant
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- give (someone or something) a shellacking
- knock (the) spots off (someone or something)
- knock spots off
- knock spots off somebody/something
- knock spots off someone/something
- wack someone/something up
- whack up
- make hamburger (out) of (one)
- whip (one)
- whipped