wiping the floor with

phrase

variants or wiping the ground with
present participle of wipe the floor with

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running circles around
Phrase
  • Yet Grohl took it upon himself to be the official ambassador of rock ‘n’ roll, running circles around the stage during the nearly-three hour set, screaming, riffing and soloing away on 30-plus years of Foo Fighters hits.
    William Earl, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026
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“Wiping the floor with.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiping%20the%20floor%20with. Accessed 21 Aug. 2026.

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