loosen the purse strings

idiom

: to make more money available for spending

Companies are expected to loosen the purse strings as the economy improves.

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Beyond elementary and secondary public schools and priorities such as border security and mental health, though, the budget clamps down hard on other state programs – something likely to continue, unless a coming wave of federal stimulus money persuades lawmakers to loosen the purse strings. —Robert T. Garrett, Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2021