loosen sb's tongue
Definition
› to make you speak more freely: A couple of glasses of champagne had loosened my tongue and I said things that perhaps I shouldn't have.Liberating, relaxing and releasing
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Synonyms and related words:
- decontrol verb
- deregulate verb
- discharge verb (ALLOW TO LEAVE)
- emancipate verb
- exempt verb
- free verb (MAKE LOOSE)
- free verb (NOT IN PRISON)
- free verb (REMOVE LIMITS)
- get (sb/sth) out phrasal verb
- let/set sth loose idiom
- liberate verb
- loosen (sb) up phrasal verb
- loosen sb's tongue idiom 2
- loosen your grip/hold idiom
- relax verb (RULE)
- release noun (MAKING FREE)
- release noun (MAKING PUBLIC)
- release verb (MAKE FREE)
- unbind verb
- unhand verb
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