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take someone to the cleaner's

1. to get a lot of money from someone, usually by cheating them. He got into a game of poker with two professional gamblers and, of course, they took him to the cleaner's.

2. to defeat someone by a very large amount. They don't like playing us because we took them to the cleaner's last year and the year before.

See also: take

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take someone to the cleaners

to cheat someone of money. Some people say the company took them to the cleaners by charging double for some services.

See also: take