loosen the apron strings

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To allow greater freedom (to someone); to relax control of (someone). colloquial,idiomatic
    — They see how serious it is not to "loosen the apron strings"; how unfortunate it may be to talk about a child in his presence; how we must take people where...

词形变化

loosens the apron strings present,singular,third-person loosening the apron strings participle,present loosened the apron strings participle,past loosened the apron strings past
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