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milk/bleed/suck someone or something dry — milk/bleed/suck (someone or something) dry informal : to take or use up everything from (someone or something) He married her for her money and then bled her dry. She milked the system dry. • • • Main Entry: ↑dry … Useful english dictionary
suck dry — Synonyms and related words: ablate, absorb, abuse, assimilate, bleed, bleed white, burn up, consume, denude, deplete, deplume, despoil, digest, displume, divest, drain, drain of resources, dry, eat, eat up, erode, exhaust, expend, exploit, finish … Moby Thesaurus
milk — n 1. cream, cow s milk, goat s milk, beestings, breast milk, mother s milk, kumiss; whey, curds, junket, buttermilk, skim milk; bonnyclabber, posset, Fine Arts. casein. 2. latex, sap, juice, fluid. v 3. extract, remove, draw out, draw off, siphon … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
milk — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. extract; extort, bleed; get the most out of, exploit; interrogate, question, play for all it s worth (inf.). See extraction, stealing, liquefaction. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. fluid, juice, whey, sap;… … English dictionary for students
milk — Synonyms and related words: abridge, abuse, alabaster, bed, bed down, bereave, beverage, bleed, bleed white, blood, break, bridle, broach, brush, butter, buttermilk, certified milk, chalk, cheese, chyle, colostrum, condensed milk, cream, curry,… … Moby Thesaurus
bleed — Synonyms and related words: abridge, abuse, ache, agonize, anguish, be sorry for, bereave, bleed for, bleed white, bloody, broach, brood over, clip, commiserate, compassionate, condole with, cup, curtail, cut off, decant, denude, deplume, deprive … Moby Thesaurus
dry — Synonyms and related words: Rabelaisian, Saharan, Spartan, WCTU, acarpous, acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acescent, acetose, acid, acidulous, air dry, anhydrate, anhydrous, antisaloon, apathetic, arid, ascetic, athirst, austere, bake, baked, bald,… … Moby Thesaurus
bleed white — Synonyms and related words: ablate, absorb, abuse, assimilate, bleed, burn up, clip, consume, denude, deplete, deplume, despoil, digest, displume, divest, drain, drain of resources, dry, eat, eat up, erode, exhaust, expend, exploit, finish,… … Moby Thesaurus
milk — verb 1) Pam was milking the cows Syn: draw milk from, express milk from 2) milk a little of the liquid Syn: draw off, siphon (off), pump off, tap, drain, extract 3) milking rich clients … Thesaurus of popular words
milk — verb milking rich clients Syn: exploit, take advantage of, suck dry; informal bleed, squeeze, fleece … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
