beat to his socks

An old black phrase to refer to extreme poverty.

Man, Richard used to be one hep cat; now he's on smack and beat to his socks.

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ill beat you with a tube sock

filling a tube sock with pennies or a couple bars of soap and whoopin some ass...

bitch "ill beat you with a tube sock" full of change...

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beat me down to my socks

The loss of all currency one had on them, usually from being robbed or gambling debts.

Randy and I were playing high stakes tik tak toe. I blew everything that I came with, he beat me down to my socks.

Beat to the socks

Extremely tired and physically worn out.

I worked 12 hours yesterday in the hot, humid weather cutting grass and trimming trees and now I am just “ Beat to the Socks, yo. Just leave me alone and let me sleep, church.