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单词 purse strings
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
purse′ strings′, 
    1. the right or power to manage the disposition of money:in control of the family purse strings.
    2. Idioms hold the purse strings, to have the power to determine how money shall be spent.
    3. Idioms loosen or tighten the purse strings, to increase or decrease expenditures or the availability of money:The budget committee is in the process of tightening the purse strings.
    • late Middle English 1375–1425

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
purse strings pl n
  1. control of finance or expenditure (esp in such phrases as hold or control the purse strings)
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