Definition
An intensifier used with some transitive action verbs to indicate that the action is performed with thoroughness, vigor, or complete success.
In Context
- ""And did you also feel like you could whip the pants off any mother's son alive?""
- "Reuters had scooped the pants off the U.S. press."
- "Jeffrey Vinik, manager of the $56 billion Fidelity Magellan Fund, the world's largest and most closely watched mutual fund, "beat the pants off the managers of other large funds," in the words of one analyst."
- "The Eden Project is his medium for getting that message across to the masses without boring the pants off them."
- ""Not many people know it, but the Fuhrer was a terrific dancer. He could dance the pants off Churchhill.""
- ""Doom 3 is just going to terrify the pants off people," says Rob Smith, editor of PC Gamer magazine."
- "Roosevelt not only remade America, but he also charmed the pants off everybody while he did it."
- "Those of us old enough will also recall that Japan used to scare the pants off Americans and just about everyone else."