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hold the purse strings

verb

Definitions

  1. To be in control of spending

    To be in control of spending; to have financial power and responsibility.

    • The other branch was more immediately the representatives of the people, and it was a maxim that the people ought to hold the Purse-strings.
    • The power structure of the family is being shared by wives and husbands, mothers and fathers. Both hold the purse strings.

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