whale the --- out of
{v. phr.}, {informal} To beat hard; give a bad beating to. - Used with several words after "the", as "daylights", "living daylights", "tar".
The big kid told Charlie that he would beat the daylights out of him if Charlie came in his yard again.

See: BEAT THE --- OUT OF.

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