make mincemeat out of

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)Todefeatone's opponent easily and completely during afight,contest, ordebate.The invading armymade mincemeat out ofour troops.2007, Harry Lawson, Varghese Kattooparambil,Tom of Twofold Bay,→ISBN, page21:He had the uncanny ability to demolish his opponents with ease andmake mincemeat out ofthem.2007, Karl Schroeder,Sun of Suns,→ISBN, page140:But the five ships on the other side of the mined zone weremaking mincemeat out ofthem anyway.; (idiomatic)To utterly destroy.2016, Cathy Kelly,Secrets of a Happy Marriage,→ISBN:Hemade mincemeat out ofthat Evelyn Walker book he took over.

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