make mincemeat of
Defeat with ease
To make mincemeat of someone or something is to defeat, destroy, or refute them thoroughly and decisively.
The image is of reducing an opponent to the consistency of mincemeat—chopped into tiny pieces: The prosecutor made mincemeat of the witness's testimony.
Often used for arguments demolished or opponents crushed in competition.
- trounceDefeat decisively
- hackShortcut or breach
- disintegrateBreak into fragments
- trashDiscarded worthless material
- demolishDestroy completely
crush · beat to a pulp · shatter · vanquish · annihilate · defeat · pulverize · smash · rout · puree · tear apart · tear to pieces · dice · overwhelm · run circles around · walk all over · shred · obliterate