loosen the purse strings

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To increase spending or allow increased spending; to relax control of spending. colloquial,idiomatic
    — He thought the effect of this language from the Prime Minister had been to loosen the purse-strings of the Treasury.

词形变化

loosens the purse strings present,singular,third-person loosening the purse strings participle,present loosened the purse strings participle,past loosened the purse strings past loosen the pursestrings alternative loosen the purse-strings alternative
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