do out of

verb

do out of

verb
1

Colloquial To use unfair means to deprive (someone) of (something).

  • That swindler did me out of £100.
  • "Nevermind, I'll give you a hundred dollars for it," said the king; "you did me out of horse and saddle the other day, and the bridle too, but I'll let bygones be bygones, if I get the pot."1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 196:

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