in leading strings

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Roget 749: subject, dependent, subordinate; feudal, feudatory; in subjection to, under control; in leading strings, in harness; subjected, enslaved etc. v.; constrained etc. 751; downtrodden; overborne, overwhelmed; under the lash, on the hip, led by the nose, henpecked; the puppet of, the sport of, the plaything of; under one's orders, under one's command, under one's thumb; a slave to; at the mercy of; in the power of, in the hands of, in the clutches of; at the feet of; at one's beck and call etc. (obedient) 743; liable etc. 177; parasitical; stipendiary.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 129: infantine^†, infantile; puerile; boyish, girlish, childish, babyish, kittenish; baby; newborn, unfledged, new-fledged, callow.    in the cradle, in swaddling clothes, in long clothes, in arms, in leading strings; at the breast; in one's teens.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 541: in statu pupillari [Lat.], in leading strings.   

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