take to the cleaners (English, verb)
expansion: take to the cleaners (third-person singular simple present takes to the cleaners, present participle taking to the cleaners, simple past took to the cleaners, past participle taken to the cleaners)
Senses:
glosses: To take a significant quantity of a person's money or valuables, through overcharging, litigation, unfavorable investing, gambling, fraud, etc.
tags: idiomatic
slang
glosses: To thrash someone.
tags: idiomatic
slang
Forms:
form: takes to the cleaners
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: taking to the cleaners
tags: participle
present
form: took to the cleaners
tags: past
form: taken to the cleaners
tags: participle
past
form: take to the cleaner's
tags: alternative