lick the stuffing out of

Also, lick the tar out of. See under beat the living daylights out of.

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Nearby words

lick into shape, lick observatory, lick one's chops, lick one's wounds, lick someone's boots, lick the stuffing out of, lick-alike, licker-in, lickerish, lickerishly, lickety-split

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