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wipes the floor with someone

wipes the floor with someone is the third-person singular simple present indicative of wipe the floor with someone.

Meaning of wipe the floor with someone

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)

  1. (idiomatic, slang) 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.
  2. (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

Questions about wipes the floor with someone

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Wipes the floor with someone is the third-person singular simple present indicative of wipe the floor with someone.

Words near wipes the floor with someone in the dictionary

  1. wipes off
  2. wipes oneself
  3. wipes out
  4. wipes someone's eye
  5. wipes someone's nose
  6. wipes the floor with someone
  7. wipes the slate clean
  8. wipes up
  9. wipest
  10. wipeth
  11. wipette

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