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idiomhold/control the purse stringsto control the money in a family, business etc:I'm glad we've got cooperation from central government because it's the minister who holds the purse strings.Only her tight control of the purse strings kept her son at home.Power will go with the purse strings, to those companies who pay the most.tighten/loosen the purse strings: NASA's prediction that it could meet its schedule could help loosen the purse strings at the White House.
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