loosen someone's tongue

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To cause one to speak more freely; to cause one to discuss a subject that would not usually be discussed. idiomatic,informal
    — He made a long stay in the dining-room after dinner, and, I fear, took an unusual quantity of wine, but not enough to loosen his tongue: for when he came in and found me quietly occupied with my book, too busy to lift my head on his entrance, he merely murmured an expression of suppressed disapprobation […]

词形变化

loosens someone's tongue present,singular,third-person loosening someone's tongue participle,present loosened someone's tongue participle,past loosened someone's tongue past
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