diddle something out of someone
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 something out of someone
tv. to get something from someone by deception. We diddled about forty bucks out of the old lady who runs the candy shop.
See also: diddle, of, out, someone, something
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- diddle (someone) out of (something)
- diddle out of
- con (someone) into (something)
- con into
- deceive (someone) into (something)
- deceive into
- diddle
- fake out
- fake someone out
- inveigle into