English Explanatory Dictionary

wipe the floor with someone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To be well ahead of someone, or to win a competition by a considerable margin over someone.
  2. To comprehensively beat someone in a fight.

Word forms

wipe the floor with someone wipes the floor with someone wiping the floor with someone wiped the floor with someone

Synonyms

mop the floor with someone sweep the floor with someone

Related words

clean someone's clock
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