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wiping the floor with someone

wiping the floor with someone is the present participle and gerund 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 wiping the floor with someone

What is wiping the floor with someone the present participle and gerund of?
Wiping the floor with someone is the present participle and gerund of wipe the floor with someone.

Words near wiping the floor with someone in the dictionary

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

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