Phrase guide

the daylights out of

adv · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adv

Meaning 1

Used as an intensifier between a verb and its object: thoroughly, with vigour, to an intense degree.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, not-comparable

Examples

  • It scared the daylights out of us!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: the living daylights out of, seven bells out of, seven hells out of, the bejeebers out of, the bejesus out of, the crap out of, the daylight out of, the daylights out of, the devil out of, the dickens out of, the flying fuck out of, the fuck out of, the fuckola out of, the heck out of, the hell out of, the life out of, the living crap out of, the living shit out of, the pantaloons off, the pants off, the pants off of, the piss out of, the poop out of, the shit out of, the snot out of, the socks off, the stuffing out of, the stuffings out of, the tar out of

Antonyms: none provided

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