Synonyms for take to cleaners
- bilk
- con
- deceive
- defraud
- dupe
- extort
- fleece
- gouge
- hoodwink
- overcharge
- victimize
- bamboozle
- beat
- clip
- cozen
- diddle
- do
- flimflam
- fool
- frame
- fudge
- gull
- pluck
- rook
- sandbag
- scam
- shaft
- stiff
- sting
- sucker
- trick
- trim
- pull a fast one
- put one over on
- rip off
- run a game on
- sell a bill of goods
- set up
- take for a ride
- take to the cleaners
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Antonyms for take to cleaners
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WORD ORIGIN
mid-15c., agent noun from clean (v.). Meaning "shop that cleans clothes" is from 1873. To take (someone) to the cleaners "get all of (someone's) money" is from 1921.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR TAKE TO CLEANERS
deceive
verbmislead; be dishonest- bamboozle
- beat
- beat out of
- beguile
- betray
- bilk
- buffalo
- burn
- cheat
- circumvent
- clip
- con
- cozen
- cross up
- defraud
- delude
- disappoint
- double-cross
- dupe
- ensnare
- entrap
- fake
- falsify
- fleece
- fool
- gouge
- gull
- hoax
- hoodwink
- hook
- humbug
- impose upon
- lead on
- outwit
- play joke on
- pull fast one
- put on
- rob
- scam
- screw
- sell
- skin
- suck in
- swindle
- take advantage of
- take for
- take for ride
- take in
- take to cleaners
- trick
- victimize
deceives
verbmislead; be dishonest- bamboozle
- beat
- beat out of
- beguile
- betray
- bilk
- buffalo
- burn
- cheat
- circumvent
- clip
- con
- cozen
- cross up
- defraud
- delude
- disappoint
- double-cross
- dupe
- ensnare
- entrap
- fake
- falsify
- fleece
- fool
- gouge
- gull
- hoax
- hoodwink
- hook
- humbug
- impose upon
- lead on
- outwit
- play joke on
- pull fast one
- put on
- rob
- scam
- screw
- sell
- skin
- suck in
- swindle
- take advantage of
- take for
- take for ride
- take in
- take to cleaners
- trick
- victimize
deceiving
verbmislead; be dishonest- bamboozle
- beat
- beat out of
- beguile
- betray
- bilk
- buffalo
- burn
- cheat
- circumvent
- clip
- con
- cozen
- cross up
- defraud
- delude
- disappoint
- double-cross
- dupe
- ensnare
- entrap
- fake
- falsify
- fleece
- fool
- gouge
- gull
- hoax
- hoodwink
- hook
- humbug
- impose upon
- lead on
- outwit
- play joke on
- pull fast one
- put on
- rob
- scam
- screw
- sell
- skin
- suck in
- swindle
- take advantage of
- take for
- take for ride
- take in
- take to cleaners
- trick
- victimize
defeat
verbconquer in athletic contestdefeating
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