donner du mou

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɔ.ne dy mu/
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Verb

donner du mou [with à ‘someone’]

  1. (climbing) to give (someone) more slack
  2. (informal, figuratively) to cut (someone) some slack, to give (someone) some rope, to give (someone) more leeway
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