apron strings
Example Sentences
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Brunger, Cleary and Kavanaugh created a musical during the pandemic that sought to ride the apron strings of a beloved baking competition with global reach.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2023
How do I manage my mother’s anxieties while disentangling myself from her apron strings?
From Slate ● Dec. 2, 2019
She tightened her apron strings and walked over to her stove.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2016
And while many still refer to it fondly as the Liverpool Daily Post, the newspaper has long cut the apron strings that tethered it to the Merseyside parent.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2013
A large woman, barely done tying her apron strings, goes running to the cabin John and Ann Laydon share with two other families.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
