knock the stuffing out of

knock the stuffing out of (third-person singular simple present knocks the stuffing out of, present participle knocking the stuffing out of, simple past and past participle knocked the stuffing out of)

1. (informal, idiomatic) To cause (someone, a team) to lose energy and confidence.

   Chelsea knocked the stuffing out of Brighton well before the final whistle when they beat them 1-3 at Brighton.

• “knock the stuffing out of” in the Collins English Dictionary
• “knock the stuffing out of” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.
• “knock the stuffing out of” in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.