Usually means: Increase or expand financial spending.
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  1. loosen the purse strings: Merriam-Webster
  2. loosen the purse strings: Wiktionary
  3. loosen the purse strings: Dictionary.com
  4. loosen the purse strings: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. loosen the purse strings: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. loosen the purse strings: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (loosen the purse strings)

verb:  (idiomatic, colloquial) To increase spending or allow increased spending; to relax control of spending.

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