From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmake mincemeat of somebody/somethingmake mincemeat of somebody/somethinginformalBEAT/DEFEAT to completely defeat someone in an argument, fight, or game I knew that a good lawyer would make mincemeat of him if I allowed him to give evidence. → mincemeat
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make mincemeat of somebody/something• This book makes mincemeat of the idea that Reagan was a dunce, amiable or otherwise.• She insisted on him staying through my visit, and he made mincemeat of my arguments.• It made mincemeat of CoreTest, returning data transfer rates in excess of 1.5Mb/sec.• A hostile Public Prosecutor would make mincemeat of her. 