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Idioms and Phrases

Also, wipe the floor with . Defeat thoroughly, overwhelm, as in The young boxer said he was sure to mop up the floor with his opponent , or I just know we'll wipe the floor with the competition . [Late 1800s]

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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