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with the lights out 

line from smells like teen spirit and nirvana box set I own
with the lights out it's less dangerous,here we are now entertain us!

shoot the lights out 

This used surely to be the sign of a marksman. He would shoot out the lights by shooting the wicks of the candles in a chandelier - and the trick was to do it without touching the wax.
Hence it has come to mean extreme accuracy - even in children ball games.
Kevin Durant in Turkey 2010 basketball world championship really did shoot the lights out!
shoot the lights out by Pedy joon September 12, 2010

Punch his/her lights out 

You are going to punch/ beat someone up so badly that they are going to get Knocked out.
I HATE Justin Beiber i am going to punch his/her lights out!

Mexican lights out 

When you are hosting a party, and you finally want everyone to leave. You hint and even ask them to do so but they never do. You walk over to the circuit breaker box and start flippin' them switches!!!

LIGHTS OUT.
These guys need to get outta my house, its time for some mexican lights out.
Mexican lights out by SeedyBoone January 11, 2009

its lights out and away we go 

this phrase is used in f1 (formula 1)
its lights out and away we go kimi raikkonen is on the lead.

knock the lights out 

Means hit it hard, really do well, old baseball term....
Im back on track, im about to knock the lights out.
knock the lights out by Meyco January 27, 2014