lick the pants off (someone)



lick the pants off (someone)

To soundly, decisively, and/or thoroughly defeat or thrash someone or something, as in a competition or a physical confrontation. It was so satisfying to see the home team lick the pants off our cross-town rivals! When we were growing up, we knew never to disobey our mama, or she would lick the pants off us!
See also: lick, off, pant

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Bijoy-Bengali
Zlatica-Croatian, Czech, Slovak
Norma['nɔ:mə]
Noy-Hebrew
Gabrielle[.ga:bri'el]
AppiusAP-pi-uws (Ancient Roman), AP-ee-əs (English)Ancient Roman