clean someone's clock

== English == === Etymology === From clean (“to thrash, defeat”) and clock (“face”) as metonym for “guy”, “someone”. === Pronunciation === === Verb === clean someone's clock (third-person singular simple present cleans someone's clock, present participle cleaning someone's clock, simple past and past participle cleaned someone's clock) (idiomatic, informal) To defeat someone decisively, in a physical fight or other competition or negotiation. Synonym: fix someone's clock ==== Synonyms ==== trounce wipe the floor with someone ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === “get one's clock cleaned v.” under “clock n.1”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present.