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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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take someone for an amount

Is this slang? Is it correct and natural?

How much did he take you for? He took me for $250,000.

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AnonymousHe took me for $250,000.
Now that would be a decent take for Ponzi scheme perpetrator.
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