Some of you may have seen the Eminem film 8-mile, where he's in a rap battle, and at some point in the film he wins the rap battle by exhausting all the ammo about himself that his opponent was going to use so the opponent had nothing left to say.
I've seen this happen in real life a handful of times too, where a person who knows he's going to be insulted beats the other person to the punch and takes the wind out of their sails by doing so.
Is there any terms for this?
Best Answer
Took the wind right out of his sails by a by means of a thorough pre-emptive mea culpa.