get (one's) clock cleaned

get (one's) clock cleaned

To be thoroughly trounced, defeated, or beaten up. I got my clock cleaned by that guy in the bar last night. Our team needs to practice more—we got our clocks cleaned last game!
See also: clean, clock, get
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • basted
  • clean (one's) clock
  • clean clock
  • clean someone's clock
  • eight ways from Sunday
  • eight ways to Sunday
  • forty ways from Sunday
  • forty ways to Sunday
  • I should have stayed in bed
  • dust kitten