loose the purse strings

verb

Roget 809: expend, spend; run through, get through; pay, disburse; ante, ante up; pony up [U.S.]; open the purse strings, loose the purse strings, untie the purse strings; lay out, shell out [Slang], fork out [Slang], fork over; bleed; make up a sum, invest, sink money.    run up debts, run up bills (debt) 806.    fee etc. (reward) 973; pay one's way etc. (pay) 807; subscribe etc. (give) 784; subsidize.    ... show more

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