take sb to the cleaner's
informalDefinition
› to get a lot of money from someone, usually by cheating them: Paul was really taken to the cleaner's on that deal.Cheating and trickingPlotting and trapping › to defeat someone by a very large amount: In the second half, United were really taken to the cleaner's, and they finally lost the match 6–1.Winning and defeatingScoring, winning and losing in sport
(Definition of take sb to the cleaner's from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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take sb on phrasal verb (FIGHT)
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take sb out of themselves phrasal verb
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take sb out phrasal verb
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take sb round (sth/somewhere) phrasal verb
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take sb through sth phrasal verb
- take sb to the cleaner's idiom
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take sb under your wing idiom
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take sb up on sth phrasal verb
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take sb's breath away idiom
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take sb's life idiom
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take sb's mind off sth idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- annihilate verb
- bank verb (MONEY)
- be one in the eye for sb idiom
- beat sb at their own game idiom
- beat sb hollow idiom
- hammering noun (DEFEAT)
- move/go in for the kill idiom
- near thing noun
- outclass verb
- outmanoeuvre verb
- outpace verb
- rout noun
- rout verb
- triumphalism noun
- triumphant adjective
- trounce verb
- trouncing noun
- trouser verb
- trump verb
- vanquish verb
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