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hold the purse strings
hold the purse strings
hold the purse strings
to control the spending of a family's or an organization's money
In our house it was my mother who held the purse strings.
See also:
hold
,
purse
,
string
Common Names:
Name
Gender
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Usage
Rosaline
RAWZ-ə-lien, ROZ-ə-leen
English
Barclay
-
Scottish, English (Rare)
Yuriy
YOO-ree
(Russian)
Russian, Ukrainian
Harlan
HAHR-lən
English
Ellen (1)
EL-ən
English
Tufayl
-
Arabic
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