"purse string" meaning in English

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      "form": "purse strings",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "pursestring"
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "hold the purse strings"
        },
        {
          "word": "loosen the purse strings"
        },
        {
          "word": "tighten the purse strings"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020 April 22, Philip Haigh, “Labour's blueprint for the future of Britain's railways”, in Rail, page 29:",
          "text": "\"However, this does not mean the government should be involved in operational decisions, take responsibility for the punctuality of specific services, promote ministers' pet infrastructure projects, or clutch the purse strings so tightly that the railway's financial relationship with government forces it to operate on a short-term hand-to-mouth basis.\"",
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        "Alternative form of pursestring"
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          "pursestring#English"
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  "word": "purse string"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "hold the purse strings"
    },
    {
      "word": "loosen the purse strings"
    },
    {
      "word": "tighten the purse strings"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "purse strings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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          "ref": "2020 April 22, Philip Haigh, “Labour's blueprint for the future of Britain's railways”, in Rail, page 29:",
          "text": "\"However, this does not mean the government should be involved in operational decisions, take responsibility for the punctuality of specific services, promote ministers' pet infrastructure projects, or clutch the purse strings so tightly that the railway's financial relationship with government forces it to operate on a short-term hand-to-mouth basis.\"",
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