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cut the cord

cut the cord verb: to end a child's overdependence on or overattachment to their parents.

Verb

cut the cord (third-person singular simple present cuts the cord, present participle cutting the cord, simple past and past participle cut the cord)

  1. (idiomatic) To end a child's overdependence on or overattachment to their parents.

Synonyms of cut the cord

Forms of cut the cord

third-person singular presentcuts the cord
present participlecutting the cord
past participlecut the cord
pastcut the cord

Origin of cut the cord

A variant of cut the umbilical cord.

Questions about cut the cord

What does cut the cord mean?
Cut the cord means to end a child's overdependence on or overattachment to their parents.
What part of speech is cut the cord?
Cut the cord is a verb.
What is the past tense of cut the cord?
The past tense of cut the cord is cut the cord.

Words near cut the cord in the dictionary

  1. cut swathes
  2. cut the baby in half
  3. cut the bullshit
  4. cut the cheese
  5. cut the coat according to the cloth
  6. cut the cord
  7. cut the crap
  8. cut the fool
  9. cut the Gordian knot
  10. cut the ground from under someone's feet
  11. cut the knot

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