wipe the floor with someone en · VERB
Meanings
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(idiomatic, slang) To be well ahead of someone, or to win a competition by a considerable margin over someone.
A superb passer of the ball, we expected him to wipe the floor with the opposition.
1991, Rex Mossop, The Moose That Roared, Sydney: Ironbark Press, page 157:The young newcomer is wiping the floor with the more experienced players.
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(idiomatic, slang) 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."
1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter I, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, page 6:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| wiped the floor with someone | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| wiped the floor with someone | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| wipes the floor with someone | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| wiping the floor with someone | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Relateds
Synonyms
sweep the floor with someone · mop the floor with someone
Translations (21)
fr écraser (to win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors) · ka თრევა (to win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors) · sv sopa banan med någon (to win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors) · fi murskata (to win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors) · cs natřít to (to win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors) · fr ridiculiser (to win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors) · de jemanden nass machen (to win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors) · es dar cien vueltas (to win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors) · fi pyyhkiä lattiaa (to win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors) · pl wytrzeć podłogę (to win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors) · fr battre à plate couture (to win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors) · hu feltörli vele a padlót (to win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors) · es comerse con patatas (to win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors) · fr humilier (to win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors) · tr yer bezi yapmak (to win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors) · pl wycierać podłogę (to win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors) · fr réduire en miettes (to win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors) · ka ჩახევა (to win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors) · ru заткну́ть за по́яс (to win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors) · ja 叩き伏せる (to win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors) · ru разде́лать под оре́х (to win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors)