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to beat the poop out of

to beat the poop out of

9.6
Hit someone many times so they become badly hurt
  • phrasal verb
  • Offensive
translation icon : dar una paliza a
  • He jokingly said his older brother would beat the poop out of him if he lost the game.

Examples

  • The group threatened to beat the poop out of anyone who tried to cheat them.

  • If you insult him again, he might beat the poop out of you.

  • Don't beat the poop out of him!

  • Don't beat the poop out of your friends!

  • The angry coach said he would beat the poop out of anyone who didn't give their best effort in practice.

  • When he saw the bully picking on his friend, he knew he had to beat the poop out of him to protect her.

  • After the movie, I jokingly told my friend that I would beat the poop out of him if he didn't stop talking during the film.

Synonyms

to whip
vsto beat the poop out of
133 4.4

To hit something with a long thin object or move it quickly and forcefully

is broader informal assault rather than instrument or motion specific
to beat the shit out of
vsto beat the poop out of
  • Offensive
53 9.9

To hurt or defeat someone very badly, often by hitting them

is similar but less vulgar in expression
to kick someone's ass
vsto beat the poop out of
  • Offensive
45 9.0

To beat or punish someone very badly

is more about real physical beating rather than rhetorical threat
to clobber
vsto beat the poop out of
  • NSFW
19 7.7

To hit someone or something very hard many times

is similar but expressed in a casual and stronger way
to whoop ass
vsto beat the poop out of
  • Offensive
16 9.9

To beat someone very badly in a fight or competition

focuses more on severe physical harm than on winning
to beat to a pulp
vsto beat the poop out of
  • Offensive
15 7.6

Hit someone many times until they are badly hurt or win against them very clearly

is about severe physical assault but is more informal
to thrash
vsto beat the poop out of
  • NSFW
7 6.5

Hit someone hard, often as punishment or in a fight

is equally violent but more colloquial and vivid
to beat the stuffing out of
vsto beat the poop out of
  • Offensive
1 9.0

Hit someone many times until they are badly hurt

emphasizes severe harm but uses a milder phrase
to trounce
vsto beat the poop out of
  • Offensive
1 8.4

To beat someone with a whip or stick as punishment

is modern informal violence rather than formal corporal punishment
to beat someone's ass
vsto beat the poop out of
  • Offensive
1 9.9

To defeat someone completely, often physically or in a game, used in rude speech

stresses actual severe physical assault rather than only defeat
to beat the daylights out of
vsto beat the poop out of
  • Offensive
1 8.6

To hit someone or something very hard and damage it

focuses on physical harm but in everyday informal terms
to smash someone's face in
vsto beat the poop out of
  • Offensive
1 9.8

Hit someone in the face very hard to hurt them

is broader, not limited to targeting the face specifically
to open a can of whoop ass
vsto beat the poop out of
  • Offensive
1 9.9

To attack or punish someone suddenly and violently, often for something they did

is about real severe physical violence rather than mainly rhetorical force
to knock the living daylights out of
vsto beat the poop out of
  • Offensive
9.9

To hit someone very hard or to shock someone very much

leans more on direct bodily harm than on shocking someone
to punch someone's lights out
vsto beat the poop out of
  • Offensive
9.8

Hit someone very hard so they are knocked out

involves longer, repeated harm rather than a single knockout strike
to bash someone's face in
vsto beat the poop out of
  • NSFW
9.9

To hit someone's face very hard to hurt them

covers broad severe assault rather than face-focused injury
to smash the head
vsto beat the poop out of
  • Offensive
8.8

Hit a person's head very hard and cause serious injury

describes general severe beating rather than head-specific attack
to bastinado
vsto beat the poop out of
  • Offensive
9.9

To beat the soles of someone's feet as a form of punishment

is a general violent assault, not limited to a single method
to larrup
vsto beat the poop out of
  • Offensive
9.9

To hit someone as a punishment, for example by spanking

involves much harsher physical harm and intent to injure

How Violent

to beat the poop out of
  • Offensive
9.6
to pummel
46 6.7
to beat
  • NSFW
∞ 1.2
to hit
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

beat the poop out of infinitive
beat the poop out of past
beaten the poop out of past participle
beating the poop out of present participle
beats the poop out of third person singular

Morphology

beat + the + poop + out + of

The verb 'beat' clearly conveys hitting, so a learner knowing the words will likely infer physical violence, but the sequence 'the poop out of' functions as a colloquial intensifier rather than a literal object to be removed. Because the intensifying, idiomatic role of 'poop' and the particle 'out of' is not predictable from the constituents alone, the expression is only partially transparent to B1 learners.

Etymology

Beat the poop out of is an informal phrase that joins beat (meaning 'to hit') with the rude word poop to make a strong, clear image. That's why it means 'to physically attack or severely punish' someone today.