loosen the purse strings

:  to release from restraint

:  to make looser

:  to relieve (the bowels) of constipation

:  a small bag for money

:  a receptacle (such as a pocketbook) for carrying money and often other small objects

:  a receptacle (such as a pouch) shaped like a purse

:  to put into a purse

:  pucker, knit

:  something that resembles a string

:  a cord (such as a tendon or ligament) of an animal body

:  a plant fiber (such as a leaf vein)

:  to equip with strings

:  to tune the strings of

:  to make tense :  key up

:  of or relating to stringed musical instruments