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Phrase(s): diddle something out of someone
Sl. to get something from someone by deception. • We diddled about forty bucks out of the old lady who runs the candy shop. • They diddled Larry’s last dime out of him., Phrase(s): diddle someone out of something
to cheat someone into giving up something. • The boys diddled the old man out of a few bucks. • He was diddled out of his last dime.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs