I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
change purse
privy purse
purse your mouth (= bring your lips tightly together, especially to show disapproval or worry )
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Ian looked at her and pursed his mouth.
pursed...lips (= brought them together tightly into a small circle )
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Stephen pursed his lips with distaste .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
privy
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It is a soiled and puckered hem, the golden treasury's privy purse .
public
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Several key projects are at risk if Railtrack's demands on the public purse increase.
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Why should he - or anyone - be allowed to abuse the public purse ?
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They act as guardians of the public purse when dealing with members of spending departments who seek additional resources.
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His mere re-election can be relied on to revive the market and solve those problems - without costing the public purse one penny.
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If rectification were refused, the public purse would be saved the burden of paying an indemnity.
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The public purse would not get anything; after all, it all comes to the same thing.
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That will not impose any great burden upon the public purse .
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And all was to come from the public purse .
■ NOUN
silk
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He wears his Bible around his neck in a green silk purse .
■ VERB
control
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Why, for instance, does Dahlia continue to control the purse strings after Ella is revealed as the rightful heir?
hold
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She held a purse in her limp hand.
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The same hopes as any other pensioner, unless of course that pensioner happens to hold the purse strings.
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The Government have no intention of giving power to anyone except those who hold the purse strings.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
the privy purse
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I can never find anything in my purse .
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Income from the new sales tax will go into the purse and will pay for the sports complex.
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The purse for Friday's title fight is more than $50 million.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A purse was stolen from a vehicle.
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A purse was taken at gunpoint.
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Either there is money in the purse or there is not, etc.
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Milton Berle wore a wig and a dress as he battered a policeman with a purse .
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She reached into a small clutch purse , pulled out a plastic bag and threw up into it.
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The same hopes as any other pensioner, unless of course that pensioner happens to hold the purse strings.
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They act as guardians of the public purse when dealing with members of spending departments who seek additional resources.
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Trading in works of art needs a deep purse and long-time backing.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
lip
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The prioress, lips pursed tight, hurried out and we followed.
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She shook her head, lips pursed .
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His lips were pursed , as if with impatience.
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The Presidential lips pursed , a sure sign of anger.
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Only the too-narrow lips , pursed in a determined, almost spiteful way, keep his face from being handsome.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He squinted, pursing his lips.
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One of them looked at his wristwatch, pursed his lips and scowled fiercely.
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Only the too-narrow lips, pursed in a determined, almost spiteful way, keep his face from being handsome.
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Richmann pursed his lips in thought.
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She pursed her lips and blew on the baby's squashed, immobile face.
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The prioress, lips pursed tight, hurried out and we followed.