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loosen the apron strings

verb

Definitions

  1. To allow greater freedom (to someone)

    To allow greater freedom (to someone); to relax control of (someone).

    • 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...

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for loosen the apron strings. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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