mop up (someone)

to defeat someone.

The vice president mopped up his opponent in a televised debate.

Everyone says he's a great fighter, but Ali could have mopped him up in a second.

• point of no return
• a babe in the woods
• a baby boomer
• a back-handed compliment
• a backroom boy
• a backseat driver
• a bad apple
• a bad egg
• a bad workman blames his tools.
• a bag lady
• a bag of bones
• a baker's dozen
• a balancing act
• a ball and chain
• a ball-breaker
• a ballpark estimate
• a ballpark figure
• a balls-up
• a banana republic
• a banana skin
• a Band-Aid
• a bang up job
• a baptism by fire
• a baptism of fire
• a bargaining chip