"cut the umbilical cord" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-cut the umbilical cord.ogg [Australia] Forms: cuts the umbilical cord [present, singular, third-person], cutting the umbilical cord [participle, present], cut the umbilical cord [participle, past], cut the umbilical cord [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,cut>|head=cut the umbilical cord}} cut the umbilical cord (third-person singular simple present cuts the umbilical cord, present participle cutting the umbilical cord, simple past and past participle cut the umbilical cord)
  1. (informal, idiomatic) To end a child's overdependence on or overattachment to their parents. Tags: idiomatic, informal Synonyms: cut the cord Related terms: apron string, boomerang baby, failure to launch, mama's boy Translations (Translations): katkaista napanuora (Finnish), couper le cordon (French), odcinać pępowinę [imperfective] (Polish), odciąć pępowinę [perfective] (Polish), przecinać pępowinę [imperfective] (Polish), przeciąć pępowinę [perfective] (Polish), zrywać pępowinę [imperfective] (Polish), zerwać pępowinę [perfective] (Polish), перерезать пуповину (pererezatʹ pupovinu) (Russian)

Inflected forms

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