Meanings
present singular third person wipes the floor with someone · participle present wiping the floor with someone · participle past wiped the floor with someone · past wiped the floor with someone
- idiomaticslangTo be well ahead of someone, or to win a competition by a considerable margin over someone.
The young newcomer is wiping the floor with the more experienced players.
1 more example
A superb passer of the ball, we expected him to wipe the floor with the opposition.
1991, Rex Mossop, The Moose That Roared, Sydney: Ironbark Press, page 157Synonyms: mop the floor with someone, sweep the floor with someone
- idiomaticslangTo comprehensively beat someone in a fight.
"Courage? Blast it all, lad, if I were twenty years younger I'd wipe the floor with you now."
1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter I, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, page 6
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo be well ahead of someone, or to win a competition by a considerable margin over someone.
Translations
Czech natřít to
- natřít toto win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors
Finnish murskata, pyyhkiä lattiaa
- murskatato win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors
- pyyhkiä lattiaato win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors
French écraser, battre à plate couture
- écraserto win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors
- battre à plate coutureto win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors
- réduire en miettesto win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors
- ridiculiserto win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors
- humilierto win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors
German jemanden nass machen
- jemanden nass machento win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors
Hungarian feltörli vele a padlót
- feltörli vele a padlótto win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors
Japanese 叩き伏せる
- 叩き伏せる (tataki-fuseru)to win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors
Polish wycierać podłogę, wytrzeć podłogę
- wycierać podłogęto win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors
- wytrzeć podłogęto win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors
Russian заткну́ть за по́яс, разде́лать под оре́х
- заткну́ть за по́яс (zatknútʹ za pójas)to win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors
- разде́лать под оре́х (razdélatʹ pod oréx)to win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors
Spanish dar cien vueltas, comerse con patatas
- dar cien vueltasto win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors
- comerse con patatasto win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors
Swedish sopa banan med någon
- sopa banan med någonto win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors
Turkish yer bezi yapmak
- yer bezi yapmakto win a competition by a considerable margin over the other competitors
Cite this entry
wipe the floor with someone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wipe%20the%20floor%20with%20someone
“wipe the floor with someone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wipe%20the%20floor%20with%20someone. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wipe the floor with someone,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wipe%20the%20floor%20with%20someone.
Source: wipe the floor with someone on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.