Synonyms and related words.
To mop the floor with someone.
Although he wasn t favored to win the race jack really mopped the floor with his competition.
Primarily heard in us.
She mopped the floor with her opponent defeating him 68 to 2.
Idiomatic to trounce or defeat thoroughly or in a humiliating manner.
American a common slang phrase signifying that one man has thrashed another so completely as to have taken him like a broom or a mop and swept or cleaned the floor with him this suggests that the victor after having thoroughly beaten and disabled his opponent would take him by the heels and literally mop or wipe the floor with his body.
Primarily heard in us.
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To defeat someone in a game competition or argument.
Although he wasn t favored to win the race jack really mopped the floor with his competition.
Mop the floor with someone to easily defeat an opponent.
The british phrase is wipe the floor with someone.
Alternative forms mop the floor with somebody sweep the floor with somebody sweep the floor with someone.
Farlex dictionary of idioms.
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