cleaner (redirected from take to the cleaners)

clean·er  (klnr)

n.

1. One whose work or business is cleaning.

2. A machine or substance used in cleaning.

3. A dry-cleaning establishment. Often used in the plural.

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cleaner [ˈkliːnə]

n

1. a person, device, chemical agent, etc., that removes dirt, as from clothes or carpets

2. (usually plural) a shop, etc. that provides a dry-cleaning service

take (a person) to the cleaners Informal to rob or defraud (a person) of all of his money

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cleaner - a preparation used in cleaning something cleanser, cleansing agent bathroom cleaner - a preparation for cleaning bathrooms dentifrice - a substance for cleaning the teeth; applied with a toothbrush detergent - a cleansing agent that differs from soap but can also emulsify oils and hold dirt in suspension shampoo - cleansing agent consisting of soaps or detergents used for washing the hair soap - a cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats formulation, preparation - a substance prepared according to a formula; "the physician prescribed a commercial preparation of the medicine"
	2.	cleaner - the operator of dry-cleaning establishment dry cleaner market keeper, shopkeeper, storekeeper, tradesman - a merchant who owns or manages a shop
	3.	cleaner - someone whose occupation is cleaning charwoman, cleaning lady, cleaning woman, char, woman - a human female employed to do housework; "the char will clean the carpet"; "I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write" chimneysweep, chimneysweeper, sweep - someone who cleans soot from chimneys laborer, labourer, manual laborer, jack - someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor scourer - someone who cleanses by scouring street cleaner, street sweeper - a worker employed to clean streets (especially one employed by a municipal sanitation department) window cleaner - someone who cleans windows for pay

Translations

cleaner [ˈkliːnəʳ] N

1. (= man) → encargado m de la limpieza; (= woman) → encargada f de la limpieza, asistenta f
cleaner's (shop) → tintorería f, lavandería f
to take sb to the cleaner's we'll take them to the cleaner's → les dejaremos sin blanca, les dejaremos limpios
see also vacuum

2. (= substance) → producto m de limpieza

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cleaner [ˈkliːnə^r] n

(= employee) (gen) → nettoyeur/euse m/f (= cleaning lady) → femme f de ménage

(also dry cleaner) → teinturier/ière m/f
to take sb to the cleaners → plumer > qn

(= cleaning product) (gen) → produit m de nettoyage (= stain remover) → détachant m

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cleaner

n

(= person) → Reinemachefrau f, → Gebäudereiniger m (form); a firm of office cleaners → eine Büroreinigungsfirma; the cleaners come once a week → das Reinigungspersonal kommt einmal pro Woche

(= shop) cleaner’s → Reinigung f; to take somebody to the cleaner’s (inf: = con, trick) → jdn übers Ohr hauen (inf), → jdn reinlegen (inf); (= defeat easily) → jdn in die Pfanne hauen (inf)

(= thing) → Reiniger m ? vacuum cleaner

(= substance) → Reiniger m, → Reinigungsmittel nt

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cleaner [ˈkliːnəʳ] n (person) → addetto/a alle pulizie; (product) → detersivo, detergente m (also dry cleaner) → tintoria, lavanderia
he took his coat to the cleaner's → ha portato il cappotto in lavanderia or tintoria

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cleaner [ˈkliːnəʳ] n (person) → addetto/a alle pulizie; (product) → detersivo, detergente m (also dry cleaner) → tintoria, lavanderia
he took his coat to the cleaner's → ha portato il cappotto in lavanderia or tintoria

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cleaner → مُنَظِِّف uklízeč rengøringsassistent Reinigungskraft καθαριστής aseador, limpiador siivooja employé de ménage čistač addetto alle pulizie 清掃人 청소부 schoonmaker vaskehjelp sprzątacz empregado de limpeza, faxineiro уборщик städare คนทำความสะอาด temizlikçi người quét dọn 清洁工人