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to take somebody to the cleaners
to take somebody to the cleaners
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jemanden vernichtend schlagen, jemanden fertigmachen
to defeat a person or a group thoroughly, often in a very humiliating manner
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The defending champions took their rivals to the cleaners.
Die Titelverteidiger schlugen ihre Rivalen vernichtend.
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to take someone's possessions by force or without the right to do so
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The gang took him to the cleaners and left him with nothing but his keys.
