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cleaners
noun▶ take to the cleaners- to thrash someone UK, 1976
- MR. BIG NOSE: One more time, mate; I’ll take you to the fuckin’ cleaners! [...] MRS. BIG NOSE: And don’t pick your nose [...] MR. BIG NOSE: I wasn’t going to pick my nose. I was going to thump him! — Monty Python, Life of Brian, 1979
- to thoroughly swindle or rob US, 1907
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 37, 1996
- “I hope he’s happy with his trashy little whore because she’s costing him a fortune.” Peter barked a laugh. “You took him to the cleaners, huh?” “Bet your ass,” Christian said. — Judith Gould, Time to Say Good-Bye, p. 29, 2000
- to forcibly strip someone UK
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 37, 1996
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