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
Shi-Chinese
Suhail-Arabic, Urdu
EmerEE-murIrish, Irish Mythology
AubrieAWB-reeEnglish (Modern)
KieloKEE-e-loFinnish
Alway['ɔ:lwei]