make mincemeat of
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Close all the way except in one respect: The final score will make mincemeat of the total.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 2, 2022
The powers that be in music and television managed to make mincemeat of Napster and call Netflix names, only to watch the ongoing digital army advance anyway.
From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2021
Built like a traction engine, with forearms like Popeye, Anderson is the kind of big-hitting middle-order batsmen who can make mincemeat of most totals.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2015
Local treasures Adam Blumenfeld and Jeanne Sakata make mincemeat of Dr. Bartholo and Marceline, especially riotous at the tribunal to stake her claim on Figaro.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2015
They seemed to think that the Enemy was looking high and low for me, and would make mincemeat of me, if he caught me tottering about in the Wild.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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