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wipe someone's eye
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en
1.
Global
neutral
literal
To clean or dry the area around another person's eye, removing tears, mucus, or foreign matter.
2.
Chiefly North American and British informal usage
informal
colloquial
figurative
To humiliate, defeat decisively, or embarrass someone; to rout an opponent in a contest or argument (colloquial, less common).
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