the shit out of

English

Adverb

the shit out of (not comparable)

1. (vulgar) To an intense degree.
   • 1978, Michael Blankfort, Take the A train‎^[1], 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^[2], 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^[3], 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.

   • 2015, J.L. Berg, The Ready Series: The Boxed Set:‎^[4]:

     " […] Besides, I'm pretty proficient with living the shit out of my life, thank you very much."

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