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wipe someone's nose

wipe someone's nose verb: to defeat someone humiliatingly, usually by robbing or killing.

Verb

wipe someone's nose (third-person singular simple present wipes someone's nose, present participle wiping someone's nose, simple past and past participle wiped someone's nose)

  1. (idiomatic, slang, African-American Vernacular) To defeat someone humiliatingly, usually by robbing or killing.

Forms of wipe someone's nose

third-person singular presentwipes someone's nose
present participlewiping someone's nose
past participlewiped someone's nose
pastwiped someone's nose

Questions about wipe someone's nose

What does wipe someone's nose mean?
Wipe someone's nose means to defeat someone humiliatingly, usually by robbing or killing.
What part of speech is wipe someone's nose?
Wipe someone's nose is a verb.
What is the past tense of wipe someone's nose?
The past tense of wipe someone's nose is wiped someone's nose.

Words near wipe someone's nose in the dictionary

  1. wipe one's ass with
  2. wipe oneself
  3. wipe out
  4. wipe outs
  5. wipe someone's eye
  6. wipe someone's nose
  7. wipe the floor with someone
  8. wipe the slate clean
  9. wipe the smile off someone's face
  10. wipe up
  11. wipe warmer

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