take to the cleaners

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English - Turkish
(deyim) take someone to the cleaners [argo] soyup sogana cevirmek,dolandirmak
English - English
To take a significant quantity of a person's money or valuables, through gambling, unfavorable investing, fraud, litigation, etc

The city taxpayers were taken to the cleaners when they had to assume the debt of the Olympic games they hosted.

take to the cleaners

    Turkish pronunciation

    teyk tı dhi klinırz

    Pronunciation

    /ˈtāk tə ᴛʜē ˈklēnərz/ /ˈteɪk tə ðiː ˈkliːnɜrz/
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