send (someone) to the cleaners

Translations
обобрать (кого-то) до нитки
The divorce sent him to the cleaners.
Развод обобрал его до нитки.
Definitions
To defeat someone decisively, often in a competition or confrontation, or to take advantage of someone financially, leaving them in a worse position.
Words
send

verb
отправить
someone

pronoun
кого-либо
to

preposition
в
the

article or possessive pronoun
определённый артикль
cleaners

noun
химчистку