do somebody out of something phrasal verb informal (see also do)
to dishonestly stop someone from getting or keeping something, especially something they have a right to have:
Are you trying to do me out of a job?

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cheat to deceive someone so that they do not get or keep something they have a right to:
He used his charm to cheat the old lady out of everything he could get.
He’s afraid they’ll cheat him after he hands over the money.
con informal to get money from someone by telling them lies:
They conned her into spending thousands of pounds on useless equipment.
He conned money out of the public by pretending to collect for charity.
swindle to get money from a person or organization by cheating them in a clever way:
The painting has been stolen and the art gallery has been swindled out of a large sum of money.
A City businessman who swindled investors out of millions of pounds was jailed for four years.
defraud to commit the crime of getting money from an organization by deceiving them:
He admitted attempting to defraud his former employer of $1 million.
Johnson is accused of conspiring to defraud the taxman of hundreds of thousands of pounds.
do somebody out of something informal especially British English to dishonestly stop someone from getting or keeping something, especially something they have a right to have:
They’ve done me out of three weeks wages!

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do out of
to cheat someone out of something
The man was worried that the company would do him out of the large bonus that he was expecting.

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do out of something
to cheat someone out of something
The man was worried that the company would do him out of the large bonus that he was expecting.

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do someone out of
to cheat someone out of something
The man was worried that the company would do him out of the large bonus that he was expecting.

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do someone out of something
to cheat someone out of something
The man was worried that the company would do him out of the large bonus that he was expecting.

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do someone out of something
v., informal To cause to lose by trickery or cheating.
The clerk in the store did me out of $2.00 by overcharging me.

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