the cleaners

the cleaners
a place where you can get clothes, curtains etc dry-cleaned (= cleaned with chemicals, not soap and water)

My best suit is at the cleaners.


English dictionary. 2014.

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  • (the) cleaners — the cleaners phrase a place where you can get clothes, curtains etc dry cleaned (=cleaned with chemicals, not soap and water) My best suit is at the cleaners. Thesaurus: types of shophyponym washing, drying and ironing clotheshyponym …   Useful english dictionary

  • the cleaners — a shop where clothes and fabrics are dry cleaned. → cleaner …   English new terms dictionary

  • take someone to the cleaners — 1. tv. to ake all of someone’s money. □ The lawyers took the insurance company to the cleaners, but I still didn’t get enough to pay for my losses. □ The con artists took the old man to the cleaners. 2. tv. to defeat or best someone. □ We took… …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • take to the cleaners — 1) win all someone s money He went to Las Vegas and was taken to the cleaners by the card dealers. 2) (smb) take all of someone s money or cheat someone He was taken to the cleaners when he decided to buy the series of books from the salesman.… …   Idioms and examples

  • take sb to the cleaners — INFORMAL ► to get a lot of money from someone, especially by cheating them: »They got taken to the cleaners by a dishonest contractor. Main Entry: ↑the cleaners …   Financial and business terms

  • take to the cleaners — {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To win all the money another person has (as in poker). * /Watch out if you play poker with Joe; he ll take you to the cleaners./ 2. To cheat a person out of his money and possessions by means of a crooked business… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • take to the cleaners — {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To win all the money another person has (as in poker). * /Watch out if you play poker with Joe; he ll take you to the cleaners./ 2. To cheat a person out of his money and possessions by means of a crooked business… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • take\ someone\ to\ the\ cleaners — v. phr. slang 1. To win all the money another person has (as in poker). Watch out if you play poker with Joe; he ll take you to the cleaners. 2. To cheat a person out of his money and possessions by means of a crooked business transaction or… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • take\ to\ the\ cleaners — v. phr. slang 1. To win all the money another person has (as in poker). Watch out if you play poker with Joe; he ll take you to the cleaners. 2. To cheat a person out of his money and possessions by means of a crooked business transaction or… …   Словарь американских идиом

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