stamp (something) out of (someone or something)

To eradicate some trait, characteristic, or tendency from a person or thing. The teachers at our school are instructed to be so strict in order to stamp laziness and bad behavior out of our students. The proposed legislation aims to stamp corruption out of every level of government.

stamp something out of someone or something

and stamp something out

Fig. to eliminate a characteristic of someone or something; to destroy a characteristic of someone or something. I would really like to stamp that mean streak out of you. We were not able to stamp the excess costs out of the proposal and had to reject it. We couldn't stamp out their bad behavior.

词组	stamp (something) out of (someone or something)
释义	stamp (something) out of (someone or something) stamp (something) out of (someone or something) To eradicate some trait, characteristic, or tendency from a person or thing. The teachers at our school are instructed to be so strict in order to stamp laziness and bad behavior out of our students. The proposed legislation aims to stamp corruption out of every level of government. See also: of, out, stamp Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. stamp something out of someone or something and stamp something out Fig. to eliminate a characteristic of someone or something; to destroy a characteristic of someone or something. I would really like to stamp that mean streak out of you. We were not able to stamp the excess costs out of the proposal and had to reject it. We couldn't stamp out their bad behavior. See also: of, out, stamp McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: not know the meaning of the word there was/is something about (someone or something) there's something about (someone or something) there's something about somebody/something as (something) as they come as as they come as clever, stupid, etc. as they come How (something) can you be? how selfish, stupid, ungrateful, etc. can you get? selfish
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