Idioms

control the purse strings
to be in charge of the money
My mother used to control the purse strings in our family.

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  • cook (someone's) goose
  • cook the books
  • cook up (something) or cook (something) up
  • cool as a cucumber
  • cool down
  • cool off
  • cool one's heels
  • cop a plea
  • cop out
  • cost a pretty penny
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  • pipe up
  • rock the boat
  • in season
  • on time
  • short of (something)
  • psych (someone) out or psych out (someone)
  • have contact with (someone)
  • keep one's place
  • shrug (something) off or shrug off (something)
  • farm (something) out or farm out (something)


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