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wipe
verb- to dismiss or reject a person; to wash your hands of someone AUSTRALIA, 1941
- — Eric Lambert, The Veterans, p. 81, 1954
- If he reports sick, wipe him. — Eric Lambert, The Veterans, p. 206, 1954
- “Wot’s wrong with ’im?” Joe wanted to know. “He got wiped last night. Wiped like a dirty rag.” — Nino Culotta (John O’Grady), They’re A Weird Mob, p. 173, 1957
- — Jim Ramsay, Cop It Sweet!, p. 96, 1977
- in drag racing, to defeat another car US, 2003
Created by back-formation; when a car is defeated, the name of the driver is wiped from the list of those competing, so the driver is “wiped”.
▶ wipe the clock
to set a train’s air brake valve at the position used for full emergency application US
An allusion to the sudden drop of the pressure needle on the air gauge to zero.- — J. Herbert Lund, Herb’s Hot Box of Railraod Slang, p. 130, 1975
▶ wipe the floor with; wipe up the floor with; wipe the earth with; wipe the ground with
to inflict an absolute defeat on someone; to surpass someone UK, 1896- “He used to wipe the floor with me then,” [Terry] Eagleton says, “but now I think I’ve got him.” — The Guardian, 2 February 2002
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