Zack Phuc
2021-07-20 06:07
Rob (one) blind verb phrase
To take a lot of money from someone by deception or extortion
The company I invested heavily in robbed me blind.
They have been robbing me for years.
To charge someone too much money for something
They always rob tourists blind.
I have bought some cheap beer, but I didn't know that they were robbing me blind.
1. To violently steal something from a place or a person, or take something as spoils, especially in wartime
2. The act of stealing something from a place or a person in a violent way, or taking something as spoils, especially in wartime
Used to indicate the action of a base runner who sneak from one base to another in a baseball
To deviously and illegally take everything one has. Sometimes said to imply that someone is asking an excessive amount of money for something.
To catch or to find someone who steals money from the place they work.
1. To make something fall by hitting or colliding with it.
2. To finish or stop doing something; to take a break.
3. To illegally create a cheap copy of someone else's invention or product.
4. To finish doing something quickly and without making much effort.
5. To take money or property illegally from a place.
6. To murder someone.
7. To reduce the price or value of something by a certain amount.
8. To defeat someone
The verb "rob" should be conjugated according to its tense.
This idiom dated back to mid-1900s and may refer to robbing a blind beggar, who cannot see that the cup collecting donations is being emptied.
Do you see anything wrong?
Used to allude that the last force, problem or burden which is seemingly minor and small causes a person, system or organisation to collapse or fail
Her husband's violent act last night was the straw that broke the donkey's back and she left him
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