take someone to the cleaners

1. tv. to take all of someone’s money. The lawyers took the insurance company to the cleaners, but I still didn’t get enough to pay for my losses.

2. tv. to defeat or best someone. Look at the height they’ve got! They’ll take us to the cleaners!

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Nathan	NAY-thən (English), na-TAWN (French)	English, French, Hebrew, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Pere	-	Catalan
Besnik	-	Albanian
Charlemagne	SHAHR-lə-mayn (English)	History
Misty	MIS-tee	English
Panagiotis	-	Greek