cut (someone) to pieces
cut (someone) to pieces
1. To violently kill, severely maim, or incapacitate someone. The soldier was cut to pieces by the roadside bomb. The devastating disease cut her to pieces.
2. To completely overwhelm, defeat, or decimate. The team's star striker has been cutting their defense to pieces. The recession has cut to pieces the hopes of many young and older workers alike.
See also: cut, piece
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- hack at
- hack at (something)
- cut eyes at
- cut eyes at (someone or something)
- cut out for, to be
- cut a fat hog
- cut (someone or something) to ribbons
- cut something to ribbons
- cut to ribbons
- hack away at (something)