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What is another word for taken to the cleaners?

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Past participle for to swindle someone by not paying a debt, especially a gambling debt

Past participle for to be convincingly victorious over

Unable to pay debts owed

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Verb

Past participle for to swindle someone by not paying a debt, especially a gambling debt

pulled a fast one

taken for a ride

put one over on

pulled a fast one on

taken advantage of

pulled a swifty on

sold a bill of goods to

done the dirty on

pulled the wool over someone's eyes

done someone in the eye

done a number on

led up the garden path

pulled fast one

pulled one's leg

sold a bill of goods

given someone a bum steer

sold down the river

outmaneuvered^US

made a sucker of

pulled someone's leg

led down the garden path

gotten the better of

outmanoeuvred^UK

taken to cleaners

took advantage of

took for a ride

took to the cleaners

did someone in the eye

did a number on

gave someone a bum steer

did the dirty on

stabbed in the back

put the screws to

run rings round

played someone false

made rings round

put on the wrong track

put on false front

played trick on

led up garden path

put up smoke screen

hit below the belt

got the better of

sucked the life out of

charged too much

took to cleaners

propagandized^US

ran rings round

stole a march on

stolen a march on

pulled wool over

propagandised^UK

broken faith with

broke faith with

played for a fool

played games with

found a loophole in

played for a sucker

sent on a wild goose chase

bled someone of something

swindled out of

played a trick on

exploited a loophole in

stacked the cards

interfered with

pulled something funny

stretched the rules

dispossessed of

twisted around your little finger

given bum steer

broken the rules

broke the rules

went one better than

gone one better than

thrown off the scent

gave the wrong impression

given wrong information to

threw off the scent

given the wrong impression

gave wrong information to

did someone dirty

done someone dirty

stolen someone blind

stole someone blind

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Verb

Past participle for to be convincingly victorious over

walked all over

won a resounding victory over

brought someone to their knees

given someone a drubbing

given someone a hiding

run rings around

turned inside out

defeated utterly

made mincemeat of

taken a stick to

wiped the floor with

gotten the better of

blown out of the water

given someone a pasting

run rings round

outmaneuvered^US

outmanoeuvred^UK

given a drubbing to

gained a victory over

pipped at the post

run circles around

wiped off the map

come out on top of

come out on top

ran roughshod over

won a victory over

taken to cleaners

brought to ruin

put someone in their place

defeated heavily

razed to the ground

fixed one's wagon

cooked one's goose

wiped off the mat

thrown back in confusion

blown out of water

gotten the upper hand

knocked the stuffing out of

gained the advantage over

brought to knees

trampled underfoot

rendered incapable

rendered helpless

rendered powerless

ran rings around

took to the cleaners

gave someone a drubbing

gave someone a hiding

blew out of the water

gave someone a pasting

got the better of

put in the shade

knocked spots off

ran rings round

ran circles around

went one better than

gone one better than

did better than

done better than

beat the pants off

gave a drubbing to

got the upper hand over

gained mastery over

gained ascendancy over

beat the daylights out of

beat the daylight out of

stood head and shoulders above

beat the stuffing out of

licked the pants off

gained control over

took a stick to

gained the upper hand over

got the upper hand

took to cleaners

came out on top

gone one better

beat the tar out of

knocked for six

prevailed against

beat the crap out of

carried the day

knocked the daylight out of

gained mastery of

gained a victory

went one better

defeated easily

took precedence

taken precedence

lowered the boom on

beaten the pants off

threw back in confusion

came out on top of

blew out of water

beaten the stuffing out of

beaten the daylights out of

been successful

were successful

beaten the crap out of

beaten the daylight out of

beaten the tar out of

taken the honours

gotten last laugh

took the honours

taken the crown

taken the prize

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Adjective

Unable to pay debts owed

in administration

in receivership

financially ruined

strapped for cash

in Queer Street

gone to the wall

in Carey Street

in the hands of the receivers

unable to pay one's debts

without a penny

without two pennies to rub together

poverty-stricken

in straitened circumstances

on the breadline

as poor as a church mouse

underprivileged

in reduced circumstances

without two farthings to rub together

unable to make ends meet

without two brass farthings to rub together

on one's uppers

out of business

without a red cent

without a brass farthing

without a penny to one's name

behind eight ball

on one's beam ends

poor as a church mouse

down to last penny

without two pennies farthings to rub together

in the poorhouse

without a shot in one's locker

in distressed circumstances

late with payments

overdue with payments

behind with payments

in dire straits

over your limit

on one's beam-ends

unable to keep the wolf from the door

down to last cent

on a tight budget

in dire circumstances

financially poor

in financial difficulties

not having two pennies to rub together

not having two farthings to rub together

financially distressed

financially embarrassed

without means of support

on the bread line

economically disadvantaged

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