squeeze sb dry
Frequency: 4.22.8 per million words
figurative: take all of someone's money or resources
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Examples (10)
- The company is known to squeeze its small suppliers dry with late payments.
- His ex-wife's expensive legal team tried to squeeze him dry during the divorce.
- If you're not careful, those predatory lenders will squeeze you dry with hidden fees.
- The endless medical bills have effectively squeezed the family dry of their savings.
- Squeezing your customers dry with constant price hikes is not a sustainable business model.
- The corrupt government squeezed the citizens dry through heavy taxation.
- She felt that her demanding job was squeezing her dry of all creativity and energy.
- Don't let them squeeze you dry; negotiate for a fair price.
- By the end of the marathon fundraising campaign, they had squeezed every potential donor dry.
- That lawyer will squeeze you dry before the case even gets to court.