Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taken to the cleaners

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.45 in modern English

Syllables
tak-en -to the -clean-ers
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

past participle of take to the cleaners

Questions

What does taken to the cleaners mean?
past participle of take to the cleaners

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