to clean one's clock

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01

to defeat someone soundly or thoroughly in a competition or argument, often with the implication that the opponent had no chance of winning

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to [clean] {one's} clock definition and meaning
Idiom
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
During the debate, the politician cleaned his opponent's clock, leaving him unable to respond to his arguments.
02

to hit a person harshly during a fight or conflict

Dialectamerican flagAmerican
Idiom
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The schoolyard bully learned a lesson when the smaller, but skilled, student cleaned his clock with a perfectly executed roundhouse kick.
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