knock the stuffing out of

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Meaning: (informal,idiomatic)To cause (someone, a team) to lose energy and confidence.Chelseaknocked the stuffing out ofBrighton well before the final whistle when they beat them 1-3 at Brighton.2022January 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, inRAIL, number948, page 3:Added to these woes was the Treasury's demands for across-the-board train operator cost-cutting of broadly 10%. Passenger rail's slow, patchy and fragile recovery hadthe stuffing knocked out ofit once more.

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