wipe the floor with someone
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wipe the floor with someone
verb wipes the floor with someone · wiping the floor with someone · wiped the floor with someone
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To be well ahead of someone, or to win a competition by a considerable margin over someone.
The young newcomer is wiping the floor with the more experienced players.
Similar: mop the floor with someone, sweep the floor with someone
- To comprehensively beat someone in a fight. "Courage? Blast it all, lad, if I were twenty years younger I'd wipe the floor with you now."
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verb to win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors
| Español | dar cien vueltas, comerse con patatas |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 叩き伏せる tataki-fuseru |
| Français | écraser, battre à plate couture, réduire en miettes, ridiculiser, humilier |
| Deutsch | jemanden nass machen |
| Русский | заткну́ть за по́яс zatknútʹ za pójas, разде́лать под оре́х razdélatʹ pod oréx |
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