purse strings

purse strings {n.}

Care or control of money.

Dad holds the purse strings in our family.

The treasurer refused to let go of the club's purse strings.

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[string] See: [FIRST STRING], [LATCH STRING], [ON THE STRING] or [ON A STRING], [PULL STRINGS], [PURSE STRINGS], [SHOE-STRING CATCH], [TIED TO ONE'S MOTHER'S APRON STRINGS]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[pull strings] or [pull wires] {v. phr.}, {informal} To secretly use influence and power, especially with people in charge or in important jobs to do or get something; make use […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[strings attached] {adv. phr.} With some special proviso or condition that is a handicap. * /John inherited a large fortune but with the string attached that he could not touch […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[purse] See: [LINE ONE'S POCKETS] also [LINE ONE'S PURSE]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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