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- beat the tar out of
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 | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
İLkİN | | - | Turkish, Azerbaijani |
Zaria | | ZAHR-ee-ə | English (Modern) |
Vjeko | | VYE-ko | Croatian |
Almudena | | - | Spanish |
Yulia | | YOO-lee-yah (Russian) | Russian, Ukrainian |
Callum | | KAL-um | Scottish |