lighten someone's purse en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lightening someone's purse | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| lightens someone's purse | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| lightened someone's purse | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| lightened someone's purse | Tense=Past | lexicographic |