taking to the cleaners
phrase
as in cheating
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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- cheating
- suckering
- shaking down
- doing
- ripping off
- hustling
- sticking
- doing in
- squeezing
- screwing
- beating
- plucking
- taking for a ride
- selling a bill of goods to
- gypping
- clipping
- bleeding
- chousing
- thimblerigging
- euchring
- stinging
- defrauding
- swindling
- flimflamming
- shorting
- rooking
- mulcting
- victimizing
- shortchanging
- reaming
- fleecing
- fiddling
- bilking
- exploiting
- conning
- chiseling
- stiffing
- skinning
- cozening
- hosing
- diddling
- gaffing
- nobbling
- chiselling
- deceiving
- betraying
- skunking
- tricking
- extorting
- gouging
- wrenching
- milking
- soaking
- roping (in)
- overcharging
- wringing
- nicking
- fooling
- wresting
- duping
- gulling
- bitching
- bamboozling
- double-crossing
- fast-talking
