the rout was on

idiom

—used to say that a game or contest becomes one in which the winner easily defeats the loser by a large amount

After they scored their fourth goal, the rout was on.

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Jeremy Ebobisse added a brace with goals in the 29th and 35th minutes, and the rout was on. —

Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2024 When Sydney Leroux added a goal five minutes later, the rout was on. —

Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2023 Chase and the Bengals never recovered, and the rout was on. —

cleveland, 6 Sep. 2023 Oregon led 43-7 with 5:56 to go in the half, and the rout was on. —

oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2023 Saline then took advantage of a Brighton turnover (low snap on a punt attempt) to go up 35-3 just over two minutes later on a 7-yard run by James Rush and the rout was on. —

Brad Emons, Detroit Free Press, 25 Aug. 2023 But Lyles, the two-time former Brewer, issued the consecutive walks to Taylor and Wiemer to open the bottom of the third and not long thereafter the rout was on. —

Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 14 May 2023

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