Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

took to the cleaners

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.46 in modern English

Syllables
took -to the -clean-ers
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

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What does took to the cleaners mean?
simple past of take to the cleaners

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