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to take somebody to the cleaners
to take somebody to the cleaners
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iemand inmaken, iemand verpletteren
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.
De regerend kampioenen maakten hun rivalen helemaal in.
02
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.
