Sekirov Dictionary

hold the purse strings

verb1

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(informal) 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. — 1787

forms

held the purse strings · holding the purse strings · holds the purse strings

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