diddle out of
diddle (someone) out of (something)
slang To trick or deceive someone into relinquishing something. I can't believe that shady salesman diddled you out of hundreds of dollars.
See also: diddle, of, out
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
diddle someone out of something
to cheat someone into giving up something. The boys diddled the old man out of a few bucks. He was diddled out of his last dime.
See also: diddle, of, out
diddle something out of someone
Sl. to get something from someone by deception. We diddled about forty bucks out of the old lady who runs the candy shop. They diddled Larry's last dime out of him.
See also: diddle, of, out
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- diddle (someone) out of (something)
- diddle something out of someone
- con (someone) into (something)
- con into
- deceive (someone) into (something)
- deceive into
- diddle
- fake out
- fake someone out
- inveigle into