English Explanatory Dictionary

cut the cord

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To end a child's overdependence on or overattachment to their parents.

Word forms

cut the cord cuts the cord cutting the cord

Etymology

A variant of cut the umbilical cord.

Synonyms

cut the umbilical cord

Related words

cord-cutting
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