Collocations for "purse"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "purse" in context.
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purse
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [leather, fake, designer, lovely, beautiful, plain, large] purse
- a [change, card, key, carry] purse
- the [general, public, reserve, government] purse
- [held, grabbed, forgot, lost] her purse
- the [pickpocket, thief] grabbed the purse
- kept [money, cash, photos, credit cards] in her purse
- my purse has been stolen!
- have lost my purse
- have you seen my purse?
- the family [loosened, tightened] the purse strings
- a purse of [$100,000] as first prize
- [won, lost] the (entire) purse
- the [boxer's, fighter's, winner's] purse
- purse [strings, zippers, contents, compartments]
- pursed her [lips, mouth]
- pursed (up) her [lips]
- pursed together her lips
- pursed her lips together
- lips (were) pursed in [concentration, thought, disapproval, amusement]
- pursed [slightly, disgustedly, disapprovingly]
'purse' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
alligator
- bastard
- card
- carry
- clutch
- coin
- content
- couch
- counterfeit
- cradle
- empty
- fashionable
- fetch
- find
- fish
- fit
- force
- forget
- grab
- grasp
- grip
- leather
- lose
- money
- owner
- photo
- pocket
- reach
- reward
- rob
- robber
- silk
- snag
- snap
- snatch
- sort
- steal
- stolen
- strap
- string
- stuff
- swipe
- tighten