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
Dafina	-	Albanian, Macedonian
Iskra	-	Bulgarian, Macedonian, Croatian, Serbian
Stanislav	stah-nee-SLAHF (Russian)	Czech, Slovak, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Medieval Slavic
Azubah	ə-ZYOO-bə (English)	Biblical
Adelmar	-	Ancient Germanic, Portuguese (Brazilian)
ThaÏS	-	Ancient Greek