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wiping someone's eye

wiping someone's eye is the present participle and gerund of wipe someone's eye.

Meaning of wipe someone's eye

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To defeat someone humiliatingly.

Questions about wiping someone's eye

What is wiping someone's eye the present participle and gerund of?
Wiping someone's eye is the present participle and gerund of wipe someone's eye.

Words near wiping someone's eye in the dictionary

  1. wiping away
  2. wiping down
  3. wiping off
  4. wiping oneself
  5. wiping out
  6. wiping someone's eye
  7. wiping someone's nose
  8. wiping the floor with someone
  9. wiping the slate clean
  10. wiping up
  11. wipings

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