Rate this phrase:4.0 / 1 vote

hold the purse strings

To be in control of spending; to have financial power and responsibility.
23 Views
Collection   Edit    

Submitted on July 07, 2010

Translation

Find a translation for the hold the purse strings phrase in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Nearby phrases

Some more phrases from our dictionary similar to hold the purse strings

hold truehold truehold waterhold someone's handhold uphold the reinshold the linehold swayhold uphold someone's handhold the ringhold up one's endhold someone's feet to the firehold that thought a moment

How to pronounce this phrase?

Discuss this hold the purse strings phrase with the community:

0 Comments

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this hold the purse strings definition to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "hold the purse strings." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 21 Nov. 2024. <https://www.phrases.com/phrase/hold-the-purse-strings_13007>.

    Powered by CITE.ME Cite.Me

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest human-edited phrases collection on the web!

    Quiz

    Are you a phrases master?

    »
    A _____ in sheep’s clothing.
    A Lamb
    B Lion
    C Wolf
    D Bear

    Browse Phrases.com

    #ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ