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Re:Epic will mock Apple’s most iconic ad as possible revenge... by gpm on Thursday August 13, 2020 @11:08PM (#24152816)
> My guess, and hope, is that Epic takes Apple to the cleaners.

They're not asking for money, they're just asking for an order ordering Apple to stop their anti-competitive behavior with the app store and with payments. No cleaners are likely to be involved in this process win or lose.

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Re:Epic will mock Apple’s most iconic ad as possible revenge... by Rapzid on Thursday August 13, 2020 @11:13PM (#24152857)
That phrase has two common meanings..
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Re:Epic will mock Apple’s most iconic ad as possible revenge... by gpm on Thursday August 13, 2020 @11:19PM (#24152892)
Uh?

The only meaning I'm aware of is "to take tons of money from", what's the other?

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Re:Epic will mock Apple’s most iconic ad as possible revenge... by Semaphor on Friday August 14, 2020 @12:04AM (#24153214)
2. To soundly defeat or best one; to succeed over one by a wide margin.

-- https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/take+to+the+cleaners

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