Max intended to wipe Lefty's gang out.
•Lefty wiped out Max's gang.
2. Sl. to exhaust or debilitate someone. •The long walk wiped me out.
•The trip wiped out the hikers.
3. Inf. to ruin someone financially. •The loss of my job wiped us out.
•The storm ruined the corn crop and wiped out everyone in the county.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
wipe someone out — 1. tv. to eliminate someone; to kill someone. (Underworld.) □ Max almost wiped Ziggy out. CD Who wiped out Lefty? 2. tv. to exhaust or tire someone. □ The game wiped me out. □ Jogging always wipes me out … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
wipe someone out — 1》 kill a large number of people. 2》 ruin someone financially. 3》 (be wiped out) informal be exhausted or intoxicated. → wipe … English new terms dictionary
wipe someone out — 1) kill a large number of people the plague had wiped out whole villages 2) usu. be wiped out ruin someone financially 3) informal exhaust or intoxicate someone … Useful english dictionary
wipe someone/something out — DESTROY, annihilate, eradicate, eliminate; slaughter, massacre, kill, exterminate; demolish, raze to the ground; informal take out, zap; N. Amer. informal waste; poeti … Useful english dictionary
clean someone out — (informal) BANKRUPT, ruin, make insolvent, make penniless, wipe out. → clean * * * informal use up or take all someone s money they were cleaned out by the Englishman at the baccarat table … Useful english dictionary
fag someone out — EXHAUST, tire (out), wear out, fatigue, overtire, weary; informal do in, wipe out, knock out, shatter; Brit. informal knacker; N. Amer … Useful english dictionary
wipe out — verb 1. kill in large numbers (Freq. 1) the plague wiped out an entire population • Syn: ↑eliminate, ↑annihilate, ↑extinguish, ↑eradicate, ↑decimate, ↑carry off … Useful english dictionary
wipe — 1 verb 1 CLEAN/RUB (T) a) to rub a surface with a cloth in order to remove dirt, liquid etc: I wiped the table with a damp cloth. | wipe your eyes (=stop crying or remove tears from your face) b) to clean something by rubbing it against a surface … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
wipe — verb 1》 clean or dry by rubbing with a cloth or one s hand. ↘remove (dirt or moisture) in this way. 2》 spread (liquid) over a surface by rubbing. 3》 (often wipe something out) remove or eliminate completely. ↘erase (data) from a magnetic… … English new terms dictionary
wipe — wipe1 [ waıp ] verb transitive ** 1. ) to clean or dry something by moving a cloth or something soft over it: Let me just wipe the table before you sit down. Wipe your mouth. You ve got chocolate all over it. She wiped away her tears. wipe… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
wipe off — verb 1. remove by wiping (Freq. 3) • Syn: ↑wipe away • Hypernyms: ↑remove, ↑take, ↑take away, ↑withdraw • Hyponyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
