loosen the apron strings

Meaning: (idiomatic,colloquial)To allow greaterfreedom(to someone); torelaxcontrolof (someone).1948, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, National Education Association of the United States. Dept. of Supervision and Curriculum Development, “Educational leadership”, in(Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 6, page534: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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