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Idiom the pants off someone[beat/bore/scare etc.] the pants off (someone) informal if someone or something beats, bores, scares etc. the pants off someone, they beat, bore, or scare them completely.I hate sunbathing. It bores the pants off me.Horror films scare the pants off me.
the pants off (of)slang Thoroughly or completely; to a huge or great degree. This young team is beating the pants off the veteran squad. the pants off someone INFORMALPeople use the pants off after a verb such as scare, bore, or charm and before a word for a person to show that something is done to a great degree. When I was a kid, circuses bored the pants off me. Stephen Daldry is the sort of person who loves rushing around, charming the pants off everyone he meets. |