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do someone out of something
infml — phrasal verb with do /du/ verb (present tense does /dʌz, dəz/, past tense did /dɪd/, past participle done /dʌn/)Definition
› to cheat someone by preventing that person from obtaining or keeping something of value: Con men did him out of over $10,000 of his hard-earned money.
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