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[wipeout]  {n.}

A total failure.

[wipe out]  {v.}

1. To remove or erase by wiping or rubbing.

The teacher wiped out with an eraser what she had written on the board.

Compare: [RUB OUT].

2.  {informal}

To remove, kill, or destroy completely.

The earthquake wiped out the town.  […]

[wipe out an old score]

See: [SETTLE A SCORE].

[wipe the floor with] or [wipe up the floor with]

See: [MOP THE FLOOR WITH].

[wire]

See:

[ACROSS THE WIRE],

[DOWN TO THE WIRE],

[PULL STRINGS] or [PULL WIRES].

[wise]

See:

[GET WISE],

[PENNY WISE AND POUND FOOLISH],

[PUT WISE],

[THE WISER].

[wisecrack]  {n.}

A joke or witty remark usually made at someone else's expense.

[wise guy]  {n. phr.},  {informal}

A person who acts as if he were smarter than other people; a person who jokes or shows off too much

[wise up to]  {v. phr.},  {slang}

To finally understand what is really going on after a period of ignorance.

[wish on]  {v.}

1. To use as a lucky charm while making a wish.

Mary wished on a star that she could go to the dance.

Bob wished on his lucky rabbit's foot that he could pass the test.

2. or [wish off on]  {informal}

To get rid of (something  […]