- to take so. to the cleaners
- [fam.] [U] ruiner qqn; fam. le lessiver, le ratiboiser, lui prendre jusqu'à sa chemise
English-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance. Jean-Daniel Katz. 2010.
to take so. to the cleaners
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