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Meaning of loosen the purse strings | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To increase spending or allow increased spending; to relax control of spending.

colloquial, idiomatic

Equivalents

Italiano allentare i cordoni della borsa

Examples

“He thought the effect of this language from the Prime Minister had been to loosen the purse-strings of the Treasury.”

“Proponents of the counterterrorism agenda might respond by being less inclined to loosen the purse strings than they would have been if offered a convincing...”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

loosen up loosened loosened someone's tongue loosened the apron strings loosened the purse strings loosened up