cleaners noun 1phrases 1 noun1 •A professional laundry or dry cleaner.Further information from the wife, obtained through another channel, tells of the patient’s leaving the house to go to a cleaners for his tuxedo preparatory to attending a night club, […] — 1941 Phrases with cleaners take to the cleanersTo take a significant quantity of a person's money or valuables, through overcharging, litigation, unfavorable investing, gambling, fraud, etc.