wipe (someone or something) off the map
wipe (someone or something) off the map
To totally eliminate, eradicate, or destroy someone or something. The president vowed to wipe these terrorist scumbags off the map. Through our vaccination efforts, we've been able to wipe polio off the map.
See also: map, off, wipe
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
wipe off the map
Also, wipe off the face of the earth. Eliminate completely, as in Some day we hope to wipe malaria off the map. This idiom uses wipe in the sense of "obliterate," and map and face of the earth in the sense of "everywhere."
See also: map, off, wipe
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
wipe something off the map
obliterate something totally.See also: map, off, something, wipe
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
wipe off the map
To destroy completely; annihilate.
See also: map, off, wipe
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
- wipe off the map
- wipe something off the map
- wipe something off the face of the earth
- wipe off the face of the earth
- wipe (someone or something) off the face of the earth
- wipe (something) off the map
- take an axe to
- wipe
- wipe off
- wipe down