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