Meaning of clean someone's clock | Babel Free

Definitions

To defeat someone decisively, in a physical fight or other competition or negotiation.

idiomatic, informal

Equivalents

Examples

“"When big business goes head to head with unions, the unions clean their clock," said one Republican aide in Congress.”

“Barack Obama cleaned her clock in the debates.”

“The heavily-tattooed Perez never recovered, getting nailed with flush head shots before a clean-up left hook cleaned his clock.”

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