Antonyms for take to cleaners
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : klee-ner |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkli nər |
Definition of take to cleaners
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.
- As in swindle : verb cheat, steal
- As in welsh : verb renege, swindle
- As in deceive : verb mislead; be dishonest
- As in defeat : verb conquer in athletic contest
- As in defraud : verb cheat, bilk
- As in fleece : verb plunder, steal
- As in hoodwink : verb deceive
Synonyms for take to cleaners
- bamboozle
- beat
- beat around the bush
- beat out of
- beguile
- betray
- bilk
- bleed
- bluff
- buffalo
- burn
- bust
- cheat
- chouse
- circumvent
- clip
- clobber
- con
- cop out
- cozen
- cream
- cross up
- deceive
- deck
- defraud
- delude
- despoil
- diddle
- disappoint
- do
- do number on
- do out of
- dodge
- double-cross
- drop
- drub
- duck
- dupe
- edge
- embezzle
- ensnare
- entrap
- extort
- fake
- falsify
- flax
- fleece
- flimflam
- flog
- floor
- foil
- fool
- frame
- fudge
- gouge
- gull
- gyp
- hoax
- hoodwink
- hook
- hornswoggle
- humbug
- hustle
- impose upon
- jerk around
- jive
- kid
- knock out
- KO
- lambaste
- lead on
- lick
- milk
- mislead
- mulct
- outhit
- outjump
- outplay
- outrun
- outwit
- overcharge
- overpower
- pilfer
- play joke on
- plow under
- pluck
- pommel
- pound
- powder
- pull a fast one
- pull fast one
- pull the wool over one's eyes
- pulverize
- put on
- put one over on
- rifle
- rip off
- rob
- rook
- rope in
- run a game on
- run roughshod over
- sandbag
- scam
- screw
- sell
- sell a bill of goods
- set up
- shaft
- shuck
- skin
- slip out
- steamroll
- stick
- stiff
- sting
- strip
- suck in
- sucker
- sucker into
- swindle
- take
- take advantage of
- take for
- take for a ride
- take for ride
- take in
- take it all
- take to cleaners
- take to the cleaner's
- take to the cleaners
- tan
- thrash
- total
- trick
- trim
- trounce
- victimize
- wallop
- weasel
- whack
- whomp
- win
- work over
- worm one's way out of
- zap
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