beat the tar out of

beat/knock the tar out of somebody

(American informal)

to keep hitting someone hard, or to completely defeat someone We used to fight a lot as kids and he always beat the tar out of me. He was tired of her knocking the tar out of him when they played checkers.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lilija	-	Lithuanian, Latvian
Caelia	-	Ancient Roman
Kalle	KAHL-le (Finnish)	Swedish, Finnish
Britton	BRIT-ən	English
Kara (1)	-	English
Elias	ə-LEE-əsh (Portuguese), e-LEE-ahs (German), E-lee-ahs (Finnish), i-LIE-əs (English), ee-LIE-əs (English)	Portuguese, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, English, Greek, Biblical Latin, Biblical Gr