transitive. To inflict a heavy defeat on (an army, nation, enemy, etc.) in a conflict or battle; to defeat (an opponent) easily or decisively in…

Slang and colloquial phrases: to turn a sock; in one's socks, as a condition of measurement of stature; = to stand in one's stockings at stocking, n.2…

figurative. To ‘beat’ (in a fight), to drub, lick, thrash severely. colloquial.

transitive. To inflict a heavy defeat on (an army, nation, enemy, etc.) in a conflict or battle. colloquial in later use.

figurative. To ‘beat’ in a contest, to defeat severely.

transferred. To ‘score off’ (a person) heavily. Also as an imprecation capot me!

In colloquial phrases. to beat to snuff, to beat utterly.

To injure or damage (someone or something) severely, irreparably, or beyond recognition; to maim or destroy in combat. Now somewhat rare.

to —— (the) hell out of (a person or thing): to —— (a person or thing) to an excessive, violent, or unpleasant degree. Cf. to —— the fuck out of (a p…

transitive to strike, work at, as with a sledgehammer.

transitive. To defeat (an opposing party, team, etc.) resoundingly.

figurative. To overcome, vanquish, defeat utterly (with literal blows, or in a contest of any kind); hence, to surpass or excel greatly: = beat, v.1…

transitive. slang (originally U.S.). To defeat or overcome completely; (Association Football) to take the ball past (a defender) with ease.

(intransitive) to work a whip-saw; transitive to cut with a whip-saw; figurative (U.S. slang) to have or get the advantage of thoroughly, to…

colloquial (originally U.S., now chiefly British). to knock (the) spots off and variants: to beat thoroughly; to outdo easily.

figurative. Something reduced to small fragments; a jumble, or clumsy mixture of such fragments. Frequently in to make mincemeat of and similar…

transitive. colloquial. to mop (up) the floor with: to beat severely, to thrash; to inflict a crushing defeat on. Cf. to wipe the floor with at wipe…

to beat pointless: to beat (an opponent) so thoroughly as to concede no points; (more generally) to beat convincingly or by a clear margin.

slang. To overcome, get the better of; to excel, surpass. it licks me: I cannot explain it. Also to lick into fits: to defeat thoroughly.

transitive. To beat or thrash severely; to subject to severe or brutal criticism; to demolish (literal and figurative).

figurative. To drive out of the contest; to vanquish, exhaust. Cf. to knock out of time at time, n. int.conj. phrases 3m(b).

transitive. ‘To beat thoroughly, gain a decisive victory over’ (Funk).

To bruise (the body), affect with contusions; to pound or thrash (adversaries). humorous or affected.

Hence colloquial in various hyperbolical phrases, as to scream oneself into fits, to throw (a person) into fits. Also, to beat (a person, a thing)…

Phrases (with various nouns as object). to wipe one's boots on: to inflict the utmost indignity upon. to wipe the floor with: to ‘bring to the…

colloquial. To knock (a person) down with a heavy blow, to ‘floor’; in extended use, to defeat utterly, best, rout. Also with out.

Cricket. With omission of runs. Also transferred and figurative in various colloquial phrases: to knock (someone) for six, to wrench from a state of…

To defeat or demolish completely. colloquial.

slang. To thrash, defeat thoroughly, castigate.

figurative. figurative. to hit for six: to demolish an argument, scheme, etc., to vanquish; to deal a severe blow to.

figurative. To inflict heavy defeat(s) on, in war, games, etc.; to strike forcefully; to beat up. colloquial.

transitive. To defeat decisively.

transitive. To defeat (an opposing team, party, etc.) overwhelmingly or decisively. Also with down.

transitive. To defeat (an opponent in a game or match) such that their final score is zero. More generally: to defeat; to quash, to reduce to…

figurative. To defeat overwhelmingly, to trounce. slang (originally U.S.).

transitive. Chiefly Scottish and Irish English (northern). To defeat soundly. Cf. tonk, v. 2.

transitive. colloquial. To dismiss or defeat (a person or thing) decisively.

slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). transitive. To defeat (an opponent or rival) completely or resoundingly; to annihilate.