To Clean Your Clock In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "To Clean Your Clock", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

Eudora Thao

2021-02-06 02:02

Meaning of To Clean Your Clock

Synonyms:

Clock In and Clock Out , clean someone's clock , punch a/the clock

To Clean Your Clock British American slang

This phrase means you defeat someone decisively in a contest or fight.

He cleaned their clock but was defeated by his best friend.

Tomorrow, I'll clean your clock in the battle.

Grammar and Usage of To Clean Your Clock

Verb Forms

Origin of To Clean Your Clock

During the 1900s, this idiom originated. The idea that a clock has a face may be related to it, and cleaning someone's clock often means punching someone in the face. Since the 1800s, the term clean has also had a slang definition that means defeating or beating.