Might mean (unverified): Defeat or frighten someone severely.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (knock the living daylights out of)

verb:  (idiomatic) To beat or strike someone.
verb:  (idiomatic) To thoroughly and decisively defeat someone in a physical fight, especially by knocking out that person.
verb:  (figurative) To greatly excel against (someone or something).

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