cheat someone blind

cheat someone blind
rob/cheat/someone blind informal phrase
to succeed completely in cheating someone and taking their money

He found out she’d been robbing him blind for months.

Thesaurus: to steal, or steal somethingsynonym
Main entry: blind

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