lay waste to, move over (or aside)

Move over, New York.

Why London is the world’s greatest city

Many people think the British capital’s heyday was in the past. But not only is it more exciting now than it’s ever been, it’s the most exciting city in the world, writes Dylan Jones.

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Having picked up gold medals in the 100 and 200 metre sprints and the broad jump, Jesse Owens earned his fourth Olympic medal on August 9th 1936 as part of the 4x100 metre relay team. Hitler had planned to use the 1936 Olympics as a propagandistic display of Aryan superiority; Owens's triumphs laid waste to the ideology

Owens single-handedly refuted Hitler’s myth of Aryan physical supremacy

The athlete won gold as part of the 4x100 metre relay team on this day in 1936

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move over (or aside)

1Adjust one’s position to make room for someone else:Jo motioned to the girls on the couch to move over

More example sentences

1.1Relinquish a job or leading position through being superseded by someone or something else:it’s time for the film establishment to move over and make way for a new generation

lay waste to (or lay something (to) waste)

Completely destroy:a land laid waste by war