(idiomatic, colloquial) To increase spending or allow increased spending; to relax control of spending.

A large city and district of Maharashtra, India, part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.

(Britain) Ellipsis of if the cap fits, wear it.

(idiomatic, colloquial) To decrease spending or disallow increased spending; to increase control of spending.

Alternative form of test the waters

While flying; in flight. / (figuratively) In motion. / (figuratively) Departing.

Alternative form of play both sides against the middle

(colloquial, only with a negative) Even if one's (own) life depended on it; at all.

(Britain, humorous) Intentional misrendering of the proverb "the world is one's oyster".

plural of man in the street