english
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Cheat or deprive someone of something. For example, Jane tried to do me out of my inheritance but the lawyer wouldn't let her. [Early 1800s]
American Heritage Idioms
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Phrase(s): do someone out of something to swindle something away from someone; to defraud someone of a right or of property. • Are you trying to do me out of what’s mine? • Max tried to do her out of everything she had. • I did myself out of a week’s vacation by quitting when I did.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs