do somebody out of something

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

do sb out of sth phrasal verb informal [ don't sb out of sth does sb out of sth doesn't sb out of sth did sb out of sth didn't sb out of sth done sb out of sth done sb out of sth doing sb out of sth ]
to stop someone from getting or keeping something, especially in a dishonest or unfair way
• Pensioners have been done out of millions of pounds as a result of the changes.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Cheating and tricking ↑Plotting and trapping
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