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the wine loosened his tongue

  • 1 loosen

    1. transitive verb
    1) (make less tight etc.) lockern
    2) (fig.): (relax) lockern [Bestimmungen, Reglement usw.]

    loosen somebody's tongue — (fig.) jemandes Zunge lösen

    2. intransitive verb
    (become looser) sich lockern
    Phrasal Verbs:
    - academic.ru/88862/loosen_up">loosen up
    * * *
    1) (to make or become loose: She loosened the string; The screw had loosened and fallen out.) (sich)lösen
    2) (to relax (eg a hold): He loosened his grip.) lockern
    * * *
    loos·en
    [ˈlu:sən]
    I. vt
    1. (make less tight)
    to \loosen one's belt seinen Gürtel weiter schnallen [o machen]
    to \loosen one's collar seinen [Hemd]kragen aufmachen [o aufknöpfen]
    to \loosen one's tie seine Krawatte lockern
    2. (make more lax)
    to \loosen a policy/the rules politische Maßnahmen/die Regeln lockern
    to \loosen one's grip seinen Griff lockern
    to \loosen muscles Muskeln lockern
    to \loosen ties Verbindungen lockern
    to \loosen a relationship eine Beziehung [langsam] lösen
    5.
    ▶ to \loosen sb's tongue jdm die Zunge lösen
    II. vi sich akk lockern, locker werden
    the dictator's grip on the country has not \loosened der Diktator hat das Land immer noch fest in der Hand
    * * *
    ['luːsn]
    1. vt
    1) (= free) befreien; tongue lösen
    2) (= untie) losmachen, lösen
    3) (= slacken) lockern; belt lockern, weiter machen; soil auflockern; collar aufmachen; reins locker lassen

    to loosen one's grip on sth (lit) — seinen Griff um etw lockern; (fig) on the party, on power etw nicht mehr so fest im Griff haben

    2. vi
    sich lockern
    * * *
    loosen [ˈluːsn]
    A v/t
    1. einen Knoten, Fesseln etc, auch MED den Husten, fig die Zunge lösen:
    the wine loosened his tongue der Wein löste ihm die Zunge
    2. eine Schraube, seinen Griff etc, auch fig die Disziplin etc lockern:
    loosen one’s hold of sth etwas loslassen;
    loosen one’s belt (by two holes) den Gürtel (um zwei Löcher) weiter schnallen
    3. auch loosen up den Boden, die Muskeln etc, a. fig jemanden auflockern
    4. loslassen, -machen, freilassen
    B v/i
    1. sich lösen
    2. sich lockern
    3. loosen up besonders SPORT sich auflockern:
    loosening-up exercise Lockerungsübung f
    4. auch loosen up fig aus sich herausgehen, auftauen, freier werden
    * * *
    1. transitive verb
    1) (make less tight etc.) lockern
    2) (fig.): (relax) lockern [Bestimmungen, Reglement usw.]

    loosen somebody's tongue — (fig.) jemandes Zunge lösen

    2. intransitive verb
    (become looser) sich lockern
    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    v.
    auflockern v.
    lockern v.

    English-german dictionary > loosen

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