knock the tar out of (someone)

knock the tar out of (someone)

1. To strike continuously and violently. Aw man, when my dad finds out that I broke the window, he's going to knock the tar out of me!
2. To defeat soundly. A: "Did you guys win today?" B: "We sure did! We knocked the tar out of them: 10-0!"
See also: knock, of, out, tar
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • beat the living daylights out of, to
  • lick the pants off (someone)
  • whip
  • whip (one)
  • whipped
  • pwn
  • be out like a light
  • be/go out like a light
  • dead to the world
  • Bondi