- purse something up
- purse something up†to bunch or pucker something up. (Usually the lips.) •
When he tasted the lemon juice, he pursed his lips up and spat it out.
•Don pursed up his lips as if to spit it out.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
purse something up
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