wipe the floor with

wipe the floor with
phrasal or wipe the ground with
: to defeat decisively

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wipe the floor with
To defeat ignominiously
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Main Entry:floor
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wipe the floor with see under ↑floor
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Main Entry:wipe

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informal inflict a humiliating defeat on

they wiped the floor with us in a 36-6 win

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wipe the floor with — see wipe, 1
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Main Entry:floor
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wipe the floor with
informal : to beat or defeat (someone or something) completely

I thought I could beat him, but he wiped the floor with me.

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Main Entry:wipe

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • wipe the floor with — (UK)    If you wipe the floor with someone, you destroy the arguments or defeat them easily.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • wipe the floor with someone — wipe the floor with (someone) British, American & Australian, American to defeat someone easily. Alex is always really good in a debate, she ll wipe the floor with them …   New idioms dictionary

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  • wipe the floor with — or[wipe up the floor with] See: MOP THE FLOOR WITH …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • wipe the floor with — or wipe the ground with phrasal to defeat decisively …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • wipe the floor with somebody — wipe/mop the ˈfloor with sb idiom (informal) to defeat sb completely in an argument or a competition Main entry: ↑flooridiom …   Useful english dictionary

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