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take a person to the cleaners

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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • /teɪk eɪ ˈpɜr sən tu stressed ði -nɚ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • /teɪk eɪ ˈpɜr sən tu stressed ði -nɚ/

Definition of take a person to the cleaners words

  • noun take a person to the cleaners to rob or defraud a person of all of his or her money 0

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Parts of speech for Take a person to the cleaners

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

take a person to the cleaners popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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