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Phrase(s): tickle someone to death
1. Fig. to tickle someone a great deal. • Bobby nearly tickled Tim to death. Tim was left breathless. • We got him down and tickled him to death. 2. and tickle someone to pieces Fig. to please someone a great deal. (See also tickle someone pink.) • What you told her just tickled her to death! • That story just tickles me to pieces.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs