Synonym of whip into shape

(baseball) To cause a pitcher to be replaced by heavy hitting. / (idiomatic) To cause something to be replaced by something else.

(idiomatic) To go ahead; to do as one pleases.

(idiomatic, chiefly US) The source of an education consisting of real-world experiences, especially adverse experiences.

(idiomatic) Dying, close to death.

present participle of knock on heaven's door

plural of school of hard knocks

(transitive, originally US, colloquial, dated) To beat up or seriously injure (a person); to badly damage (a thing).

Synonym of beat the daylights out of

Alternative form of knock the living daylights out of