clean someone's clock
Verb
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Verb
- (idiomatic) To defeat someone decisively, in a physical fight or other competition or negotiation.
- 1997, Richard W. Stevenson, "Executives Say Trade Bill Defeat Will Hurt Economy ↗," New York Times, 12 Nov. (retrieved 7 Oct. 2008),
- "When big business goes head to head with unions, the unions clean their clock," said one Republican aide in Congress.
- 2007, Carla Marinucci "Hillary on a roll ↗," San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Apr. (retrieved 7 Oct. 2008),
- Barack Obama cleaned her clock in the debates.
- 2008, Jake Donovan, "Vicente Escobedo Rallies, Stops Dominic Salcido In Six ↗," BoxingScene.com, 27 Sep. (retrieved 7 Oct. 2008),
- The heavily-tattooed Perez never recovered, getting nailed with flush head shots before a clean-up left hook cleaned his clock.
- 1997, Richard W. Stevenson, "Executives Say Trade Bill Defeat Will Hurt Economy ↗," New York Times, 12 Nov. (retrieved 7 Oct. 2008),
- mop the floor with somebody
- trounce
- French: battre à plate couture
- Russian: разде́лать под оре́х
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