- pants⇄expr. beat the pants off, (Slang.) to beat soundly or completely.
Ex. All told, the BBC beat the pants off ITV (Sunday Times). - pants⇄expr. bore the pants off, (Slang.) to bore completely.
Ex. [He] is oblivious to the comedy of the situation, to the element of farce in the picture of Her Majesty boring the pants off himself and his fellow-guests (Listener). - pants⇄expr. catch with one's pants down, (Slang.) to catch off one's guard or unprepared.
Ex. We have realigned our whole sales operations toward the German civilian market so as not to be caught with our pants down in the event of a military pullout (Wa - pants⇄expr. scare the pants off, to scare thoroughly.
Ex. In the case of the Angry Brigade, whose real aims are undeclared (unless it is to scare the pants off authority), I can appreciate why they reject the ballot box (Manchester Guardian Weekly). - pants⇄expr. wear the pants, (Slang.) to play the dominant or masculine role.
Ex. Over 90% of the West's nuclear power will remain in American hands, anyway. ""Uncle Sam will still wear the pants,"" stresses a high official (William Beecher). - pants⇄pants, noun pl.
1. trousers.
Ex. He tore his pants putting his hands in his pockets all the time. I let him have a charge of No. 5 shot in the seat of the pants (Geoffrey Household).
2. drawers, especially women's; underpants. - pants⇄pipestem trousers orpants
narrow trousers that taper at the bottom. - pants⇄stovepipe trousers orpants
narrow, tight trousers.
Ex. The low-slung stovepipe pants are pinstriped (New Yorker).