lightened someone's purse
lightened someone's purse is the simple past and past participle of lighten someone's purse.
Meaning of lighten someone's purse
Verb
lighten someone's purse (third-person singular simple present lightens someone's purse, present participle lightening someone's purse, simple past and past participle lightened someone's purse)
- to take money from someone.
- For when Robin Hood caught a baron or a squire, or a fat abbot or bishop, he brought them to the greenwood tree and feasted them before he lightened their purses.1883, Howard Pyle, chapter V, in The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood […], New York, N.Y.: […] Charles Scribner’s Sons […], →OCLC
Questions about lightened someone's purse
- What is lightened someone's purse the simple past and past participle of?
- Lightened someone's purse is the simple past and past participle of lighten someone's purse.
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