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Take to the cleaners
Verb
Definitions
1.
Verb
To take a significant quantity of a person's money or valuables, through overcharging, litigation, unfavorable investing, gambling, fraud, etc.
2.
Verb
To thrash someone.
Synonyms
take a bath
clean out
clean up
skin
read someone to filth
launder
take under
break the bank
bleed white
do someone brown
take someone for all they've got
wipe out
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