wipe the floor with someone

== English == === Verb === wipe the floor with someone (third-person singular simple present wipes the floor with someone, present participle wiping the floor with someone, simple past and past participle wiped the floor with someone) (slang, idiomatic) 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. (slang, idiomatic) To comprehensively beat someone in a fight. ==== Synonyms ==== mop the floor with someone sweep the floor with someone ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== clean someone's clock === Further reading === “wipe the floor with”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “wipe the floor with somebody” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.