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wipe the floor with somebody exp.
defeat someone with arguments during a discussion; knock out [Fig.]

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wipe  


      vb   tr  
1    to rub (a surface or object) lightly, esp. with (a cloth, hand, etc.), as in removing dust, water, grime, etc.  
2    usually foll by: off, away, from, up, etc.   to remove by or as if by rubbing lightly  
he wiped the dirt from his hands     
3    to eradicate or cancel (a thought, memory, etc.)  
4    to erase a recording from (an audio or video tape)  
5      (Austral)  
informal   to abandon or reject (a person)  
6    to apply (oil, grease, etc.) by wiping  
7    to form (a joint between two lead pipes) with solder or soft lead  
8   ♦ wipe the floor with (someone)  
Informal   to defeat decisively  
      n  
9    the act or an instance of wiping  
10    (in film editing) an effect causing the transition from one scene to the next in which the image of the first scene appears to be wiped off the screen by that of the second  
11    Dialect   a sweeping blow or stroke  
12      (Brit)  
dialect   a gibe or jeer  
13    Obsolete      a slang name for     →   handkerchief  
     (Old English wipian, related to Middle Low German wipen, wip bundle (of cloth), Old High German wiffa, wifan to wind, Gothic weipan to wreathe)  

baby wipe  
      n   a disposable moistened medicated paper towel, usually supplied in a plastic drum or packet, used for cleaning babies  
wipe out  
      vb   adv  
1    tr   to destroy completely; eradicate  
2    tr  
Informal   to murder or kill  
3    intr   to fall or jump off a surfboard or skateboard  
      n  
♦   wipeout  
4    an act or instance of wiping out  
5    the interference of one radio signal by another so that reception is impossible  
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rattle somebody's cage
exp.
to rattle someone's cage means to do something that is likely to annoy them or unsettle them
pull rank on somebody
exp.
use the authority given by a position (in society, in a company etc.) to determine someone to act in a certain manner
E.g: He is not eager to attend the event, but he has to be there because his boss pulled rank on him.
overshare
v.
to overshare is to share too much intimate information with somebody
"sorry, have I overshared?"
blag
v.
to blag information is to obtain it illegally by impersonating somebody on the phone
ROFL
o.
acronym for Rolling On Floor Laughing
Slang
play dress-up
v.
to dress up as somebody or something, as a children's game
jailbait
n.
underaged girl looking mature, that can thus bring somebody to jail if he is caught in a relationship with her
made with Jail and Bait
elevator pitch
n.
very short presentation of a product or a company that you would do to somebody you meet briefly, like in an elevator, to attract his/her attention
take sb down a notch
exp.
to take OR bring somebody down a notch means to make them behave less arrogantly or proudly.

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