"donner du mou" meaning in Français

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Verb

IPA: \dɔ.ne dy mu\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-donner du mou.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-donner du mou.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-donner du mou.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-donner du mou.wav
  1. Donner plus de longueur de corde, de ficelle, etc. Tags: literally
    Sense id: fr-donner_du_mou-fr-verb-ZiqxOgLo Categories (other): Exemples en français
  2. Donner plus de liberté d’action. Tags: analogy, familiar, figuratively
    Sense id: fr-donner_du_mou-fr-verb-lIvD38M7 Categories (other): Analogies en français, Exemples en français, Métaphores en français, Termes familiers en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations: give one enough rope (Anglais), give one enough rope (Anglais)
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