wipe the floor with

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Smith - a former world champion at light-middleweight - responded: "If he turns up at 50%, I'll wipe the floor with him."

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2022

Then wipe the floor with clear water and vacuum up any residue.

From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2016

“I still have one more chance and it shouldn’t be too hard to wipe the floor with these guys, right?”

From Washington Times • Sep. 22, 2015

Will Cosima live to wipe the floor with everyone at Runewars again?

From The Guardian • Jul. 2, 2014

If you’d ever met the Lady Delune, you’d know she’s ten times more beautiful’n you described, and she could easily wipe the floor with a pasty little runt like you.”

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee