Idiom
loosen the apron strings
Meaning
To allow greater freedom (to someone); to relax control of (someone).
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Parents must eventually loosen the apron strings as their children grow up.”
“She realized she needed to loosen the apron strings and let her teenager travel with friends for the summer.”
“Although it was difficult to watch her daughter make mistakes, the mother knew it was time to loosen the apron strings and trust her to navigate life independently.”
Examples
simple
“Parents must eventually loosen the apron strings as their children grow up.”
contextual
“She realized she needed to loosen the apron strings and let her teenager travel with friends for the summer.”
complex
“Although it was difficult to watch her daughter make mistakes, the mother knew it was time to loosen the apron strings and trust her to navigate life independently.”
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