Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

loosening the apron strings

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English

Syllables
loos-en-ing the apron strings
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
24
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of loosen the apron strings

Questions

What does loosening the apron strings mean?
present participle and gerund of loosen the apron strings

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