TIED TO SOMEONE'S APRON STRINGS

Meaning of TIED TO SOMEONE'S APRON STRINGS in English

under someone's influence and control to an excessive degree.

→ apron

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMEONE — alcun, alquí
English interlingue dictionary
SOMEONE — pronoun Date: 14th century some person ; somebody
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
APRON — I. ˈāprən, less often in stand than in substand speech -pə(r) n noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STRINGS — plural of string present third singular of string
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOMEONE — ˈsəm(ˌ)wən pronoun Etymology: Middle English sum oon, from sum, som some + oon one : some person : somebody hoping …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TIED — (imp. & p. p.) of Tie
Английский словарь Webster
APRON — (n.) Something which by its shape or use suggests an apron;
Английский словарь Webster
TIED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Tie
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
APRON — ( n. ) Something which by its shape or use suggests an apron;
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SOMEONE — /sum"wun', -weuhn/ , pron. some person; somebody. [ 1275-1325; ME; see SOME, ONE ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
APRON — — apronlike , adj. /ay"preuhn/ , n. 1. a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TIED — adj. fastened; bound
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SOMEONE — pron. some person, somebody
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SOMEONE — n. person, human, human being
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SOMEONE — pronoun Date: 14th century : some person : somebody
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
APRON — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, alteration (resulting from false division of a napron ) of napron, from Middle …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TIED — impf & ·p.p. of tie.
Webster English vocab
APRON — noun the infolded abdomen of a crab. 2. apron ·noun a leaden plate that covers the vent of a cannon. …
Webster English vocab
TIED — ■ adjective 1》 Brit. (of accommodation) occupied subject to the tenant's working for its owner. ↘(of a pub) owned and …
Concise Oxford English vocab
STRINGS — the stringed instruments in an orchestra. → string
Concise Oxford English vocab
SOMEONE — ■ pronoun 1》 an unknown or unspecified person. 2》 a person of importance or authority.
Concise Oxford English vocab
SOMEONE — [some.one] pron (14c): some person: somebody
Merriam-Webster English vocab
APRON — [apron] n, often attrib [ME, alter. (resulting fr. false division of a napron) of napron, fr. MF naperon, dim. of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SOMEONE — someone BrE AmE ˈsʌm wʌn § \ -wɒn ▶ ˌ someone ˈ clever BrE AmE ▶ ˌ someone ˈ else …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
APRON — apron BrE AmE ˈeɪp r ə n - ə rn ▷ apron|ed d ▷ apron|ing ɪŋ ▷ apron|s z ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TIED — / taɪd; NAmE / adjective [ only before noun ] ( BrE ) ( of a house ) rented to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — / ˈsʌmwʌn; NAmE / (also some·body ) pronoun 1. a person who is not known or mentioned by name : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
APRON — / ˈeɪprən; NAmE / noun 1. a piece of clothing worn over the front of the body, from the chest …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — I. some ‧ one 1 S1 W1 /ˈsʌmwʌn/ BrE AmE pronoun used to mean a person, when you do not …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
APRON — a ‧ pron /ˈeɪprən/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: a napron , mistaken for an apron …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TIED — adj. Brit. 1 (of a house) occupied subject to the tenant's working for its owner. 2 (of a public house …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SOMEONE — n. & pron. = SOMEBODY.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
APRON — n. 1 a a garment covering and protecting the front of a person's clothes, either from chest or waist level, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TIED — adj. Brit. 1 (of a house) occupied subject to the tenant's working for its owner. 2 (of a public house …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SOMEONE — n. & pron. = SOMEBODY.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
APRON — n. 1 a a garment covering and protecting the front of a person's clothes, either from chest or waist level, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TIED — adj. Brit. 1. (of a house) occupied subject to the tenant's working for its owner. 2 (of a public house …
Oxford English vocab
SOMEONE — n. & pron. SOMEBODY.
Oxford English vocab
APRON — n.1 a a garment covering and protecting the front of a person's clothes, either from chest or waist level, and …
Oxford English vocab
TIED — 1. A tied cottage or house belongs to a farmer or other employer and is rented to someone who works …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — or somebody Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use someone or …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
APRON — ( aprons) An apron is a piece of clothing that you put on over the front of your normal clothes …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TIED — 1. A ~ cottage or house belongs to a farmer or other employer and is rented to someone who works …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SOMEONE — or somebody Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use ~ or …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SOMEONE — pronoun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES take someone on an expedition ▪ He’s taking the boys on a camping expedition next …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
APRON — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE white ▪ One of the cooks came in, judging by the white apron . …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMEONE — somebody [pronoun] - a single personThere's someone outside the house.Someone must have seen what happened.Surely someone knows where the documents …
Cambridge English vocab
APRON — (CLOTHING) [noun] [C] - a piece of clothing which is worn over the front of other clothes to keep them …
Cambridge English vocab
TIED — Synonyms and related words : affiliate, affiliated, aground, alike, allied, anchored, assembled, associate, associated, at par, au pair, banded together, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
STRINGS — Synonyms and related words : Byzantine intrigues, German band, Philharmonic, backstairs influence, band, big band, brass, brass band, brass choir, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SOMEONE — Synonyms and related words : Adamite, being, body, cat, chap, character, creature, customer, duck, earthling, fellow, groundling, guy, hand, head, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
STRINGS — n. Function: noun plural Synonyms: CONDITION 1, provision, proviso, reservation, stipulation, terms
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SOMEONE — pron. Function: pronoun Synonyms: SOMEBODY
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
STRINGS — noun plural Synonyms: condition 1, provision, proviso, reservation, stipulation, terms
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SOMEONE — pronoun Synonyms: somebody
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
TIED — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
TIED — adj. Tied is used with these nouns: ↑ cottage
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TIED — • ↑ be tied up • ↑ sb's hands are tied
Longman Activator English vocab
STRINGS — • ↑ be pulling the strings • ↑ no strings attached
Longman Activator English vocab
STRINGS — n. strips used for fastening 1) apron ~; shoe~ cords on a musical instrument 2) to pick ( esp. AE …
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
TIED — diet
Anagrams English vocabulary
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TIED — 1) завязанный 2) связанный 3) соединенный ∙ - tied arch - tied observations - tied ranks связанный
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

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