knock/take the stuffing out of sb/sth
informalto make someone or something become very weak:
Her illness has really knocked the stuffing out of her.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Becoming and making less strong
- abate
- adulterate
- attenuate
- attrition
- blow over
- blunt
- deflate
- dial
- dim
- emasculate
- flagging
- jelly
- keep sb down
- muffle
- neutralize
- pine
- sag
- sap
- shake
- wither on the vine idiom
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