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What is the meaning of part with anyone's money in the following text?
They ( trial lawyers )came from the cities , where they feuded over cases and clients, and they came from the small towns, where they honed their skills before simple jurors reluctant to part with anyone's money.
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The usual form is "part with their money", in other word, make an expenditure. Those simple folk in the countryside are very careful in their spending. They are reluctant to part with their money.
- The usual form is "part with their money", in other word, make an expenditure.
- Those simple folk in the countryside are very careful in their spending.
- They are reluctant to part with their money.
- The writer made a play on words, changing it to "part with anyone's money", meaning that as jurors they are as reluctant to make the defendant pay as they would be reluctant to do so themselves, I guess.
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The usual form is "part with their money", in other word, make an expenditure. Those simple folk in the countryside are very careful in their spending. They are reluctant to part with their money. The writer made a play on words, changing it to "part with anyone's money", meaning that as jurors they are as reluctant to make the defendant pay as they would be reluctant to do so themselves, I gu
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