wipe someone or something off the face of the earth

wipe someone or something off the face of the earth
wipe someone or something off the face of the earth
Fig. to demolish every trace of someone or something. •

A great storm will come and wipe all the people off the face of the earth.

The wind blew my old barn off the face of the earth! Nothing was left.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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