wipe off the map Idiom, Proverb
wipe off the map
wipe off the map Also,
wipe off the face of the earth. Eliminate completely, as in
Some day we hope to wipe malaria off the map. This idiom uses
wipe in the sense of “obliterate,” and
map and
face of the earth in the sense of “everywhere.”
wipe (someone or something) off the map
To absolutely eliminate, eradicate, or abort addition or something. The admiral vowed to clean these agitator scumbags off the map. Through our anesthetic efforts, we've been able to clean polio off the map.Learn more: map, off, wipewipe (something) off the map
To obliterate something. The absolutist threatened to clean our country off the map. They accept that the advance of analysis they've developed could clean blight off the map. Many barrio were wiped off the map during the siege.Learn more: map, off, wipewipe off the map
Also, wipe off the face of the earth. Abate completely, as in Some day we achievement to clean malaria off the map. This argot uses wipe in the faculty of "obliterate," and map and face of the earth in the faculty of "everywhere." Learn more: map, off, wipe wipe off the map
To abort completely; annihilate.Learn more: map, off, wipe
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