apron strings
Example Sentences
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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
Others are finding themselves tied up in apron strings all over again.
From Salon • Apr. 28, 2013
He staggered over to Travis and jerked hard on his apron strings, untying them.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
