wipe someone's eye
To defeat someone humiliatingly.
wipe
/waɪp/
noun 7verb 6
Collocations
16(verb.)
ADV
carefully, gently | hastily, quickly
easily
I easily wiped the spilled juice off the kitchen table this morning.
just, simply
away, down, up
She wiped away her tears when she heard the good news.
VERB + WIPE
pause to, stop to
She stopped to wipe her wet hands on the kitchen towel before answering the phone.
try to
PREP
from
He wiped the mud from his boots before entering the house.
off
She wiped off the dust from the shelf before putting the books back.
on
He wiped the mud on his jeans before entering the house.
with
She wiped the spilled juice off the table with paper towels.
PHRASES
wipe sth clean PHRASAL VERBS wipe sth out
ADV
completely, totally
almost, practically, virtually
The flood almost wiped away all the documents stored in the basement.
effectively
The new cleaning product effectively wiped away all the grease stains from the kitchen counter.
VERB + WIPE
threaten to
The disease threatened to wipe out the entire wheat harvest last year.
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