Idiom meaning, usage examples, facts
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TAKE (SOMEONE) TO THE CLEANERS
to steal or cheat someone out of all of his or her money
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1. The unsuspecting woman agreed to invest all her money with an unethical investment banker. He took her to the cleaners , and she was left without a penny to her name.
2. I made the mistake of giving my dishonest nephew a blank check from my bank account. Instead of writing it for the amount we had agreed on, he wrote it for every cent I had. He took me to the cleaners. Synonym: clean (someone) out. |
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