loosen someone's lips
verbDefinitions
To cause one to speak more freely
To cause one to speak more freely; to cause one to discuss a subject that would not usually be discussed.
- A goodly number of these officers gathered nightly at the Crown and Anchor, where drink often loosened their lips. Was this where the spy learned the movements of ships?
- Afterward, she was alone with Hammurabi in the operating room of the primate lab. She leaned against the green-tiled wall to relieve her fatigue. Perhaps exhaustion loosened her lips. She could no longer contain herself about the twins.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA