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taken to the cleaners

to cause to lose all or a great deal of one's money or personal property, as through gambling or a bad investment
i got booted out of treatment too soon. I got sent home after two extremely expensive, thirteen thousand dollar days. Yes. Mom had to fork over thousand of dollars to those assholes. She was really taken to the cleaners.
by amycocoa June 2, 2014
mugGet the taken to the cleanersmug.

taken to the dry cleaners

(verb to be): to be either a ) financially extorted b) emotionally abused c) generally taken advantage of d) any combination thereof
why are you in such a relationship where you have been taken to the dry cleaners multiple times?
by Sexydimma November 14, 2019
mugGet the taken to the dry cleanersmug.

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