take to the cleaner's



take somebody to the cleaner's

 
1. (informal) 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. (informal) 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

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
PhineasFIN-ee-əs (English)Biblical
Christobel-English (Archaic)
Ove-Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Busby['hʌzbi]
Sardar-Persian, Urdu, Pashto
WeraVE-rahPolish