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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Loose purse strings

Akshay Kumar has loosened his purse strings by donating a substantial amount of money to the ‘Being Human' charity run by Salman Khan.

Please explain to me what loose purse strings mean here.

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To loosen one's purse strings is to become a little more generous with one's money or to be more willing to spend money. ]

  • To loosen one's purse strings is to become a little more generous with one's money or to be more willing to spend money.
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To loosen one's purse strings is to become a little more generous with one's money or to be more willing to spend money. [The purse is a bag where one keeps money often tied with strings.]

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