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wipe someone's nose
Language:
en
1.
Global
neutral
literal
To clean or dry another person's nose, removing mucus, dirt, or other discharge.
2.
Chiefly North American and British informal usage
informal
colloquial
figurative
To humiliate, rebuke, or defeat someone in a way that emphasizes their error or failure; similar in force to 'rub someone's nose in it' (colloquial).
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