the shit out of
English
Adverb
the shit out of (not comparable)
- (vulgar) To an intense degree.
- 1978, Michael Blankfort, Take the A train, page 183:
- Not only was San Juan Joe somewhere out there — and it sure boiled the shit out of me to think of him — but there was something sad about the two of us.
- 1996, Bruce Jay Friedman, A Father's Kisses, page 170:
- " […] They expected you to be a snob, but you came across as a modest guy and charmed the shit out of them."
- 2013, Stephen Humphrey Bogart, The Remake: As Time Goes By, Untreed Reads, →ISBN:
- Call your press conferences. Organize boycotts. Sue the shit out of me. You're gonna do for free what I would have paid you for, shit-for-brains.
Usage notes
- Formerly used only with verbs of physical assault like beat.
- Can be used with almost any transitive verb.
Synonyms
- the devil out of
- the fuck out of
- the heck out of
- the hell out of
- the snot out of
- the crap out of
- the bejesus out of
- the piss out of
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