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lightens someone's purse

lightens someone's purse is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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)

  1. (idiomatic) 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 lightens someone's purse

What is lightens someone's purse the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Lightens someone's purse is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lighten someone's purse.

Words near lightens someone's purse in the dictionary

  1. lightening
  2. lightening someone's purse
  3. lightening up
  4. lightenings
  5. lightens
  6. lightens someone's purse
  7. lightens up
  8. lighter
  9. lighter fluid
  10. lighter fluids
  11. lighter screw

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