wipe someone's eye

verb

To defeat someone humiliatingly.

Meanings

verbwipe someone's eye (third-person singular simple present wipes someone's eye, present participle wiping someone's eye, simple past and past participle wiped someone's eye)

present singular third person wipes someone's eye · participle present wiping someone's eye · participle past wiped someone's eye · past wiped someone's eye

  1. idiomaticTo defeat someone humiliatingly.
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