mop the floor with someone

English

Alternative forms

• mop the floor with somebody
• sweep the floor with somebody
• sweep the floor with someone

Pronunciation

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Verb

mop the floor with someone (third-person singular simple present mops the floor with someone, present participle mopping the floor with someone, simple past and past participle mopped the floor with someone)

1. (slang) To trounce or defeat thoroughly or in a humiliating manner.

   She mopped the floor with her opponent, defeating him 68 to 2.

Synonyms

• clean someone's clock

Translations

trounce or defeat thoroughly

• French: écraser (fr)
• Georgian: თრევა (treva), ჩახევა (čaxeva)
• Hungarian: feltörli vele a padlót
• Japanese: 叩き伏せる (tataki-fuseru)
• Russian: разде́лать под оре́х (ru) (razdélatʹ pod oréx)
• Swedish: sopa golvet med någon