make mincemeat of
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And Freedman’s book misses no opportunity to make mincemeat of the worst sort of Edwardian nobles for their snobbery, colonial prejudices, eccentricities and general nastiness.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 15, 2016
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
Computers can make mincemeat of chess masters and vanquish the champions of “Jeopardy!”
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2012
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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