taken to the cleaners
phrase
as in cheated
to rob by the use of trickery or threats That car salesman took us to the cleaners with this lemon. Synonyms & Similar Words
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- cheated
- screwed
- done
- hustled
- shaken down
- beaten
- ripped off
- done in
- beat
- taken for a ride
- stuck
- plucked
- choused
- clipped
- suckered
- thimblerigged
- defrauded
- victimized
- sold a bill of goods to
- swindled
- shortchanged
- squeezed
- stung
- skinned
- gypped
- fiddled
- rooked
- fleeced
- chiseled
- stiffed
- mulcted
- conned
- bilked
- shorted
- reamed
- betrayed
- diddled
- hosed
- cozened
- tricked
- euchred
- bled
- gaffed
- skunked
- nobbled
- deceived
- exploited
- flimflammed
- chiselled
- extorted
- soaked
- gouged
- wrenched
- fooled
- nicked
- duped
- milked
- overcharged
- wrung
- wrested
- fast-talked
- gulled
- bitched
- bamboozled
- roped (in)
- double-crossed
