chisel (one) out of (something)

To swindle something from someone. That con man chiseled us out of thousands, I'm ashamed to say.

chisel someone out of something

and chisel something out of someone; chisel something from someone

to get something away from someone by cheating. The scam tried to chisel pension money out of retired people.

词组	chisel (one) out of (something)
释义	chisel (one) out of (something) chisel (one) out of (something) To swindle something from someone. That con man chiseled us out of thousands, I'm ashamed to say. See also: chisel, of, out Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. chisel someone out of something and chisel something out of someone; chisel something from someone to get something away from someone by cheating. The scam tried to chisel pension money out of retired people. See also: chisel, of, out McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: do someone or something justice on one's on someone's run someone out of town save someone's skin let something drop other than other than (something) out of one's #dead
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