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Rachel Chau
2021-09-23 10:09
Keep (someone) on a short leash phrase
To tightly control someone
She doesn’t like how her parents keep her on quite a short leash.
My boss has kept me on a short leash ever since I made a big mistake in the annual report.
I need to keep my daughter on a short leash during her first year of college.
a person who is easily deceived or manipulated to do something, especially giving someone money.
1. To seize or take control of someone, something, or some place with a sudden and fierce attack
2. To gain a rapid and great fame or success in a place, a field or a particular group of people
To be under the control of someone or something
To have someone completely under your control
The verb "keep" should be conjugated according to its tense.
The idea of the idiom is based on the meaning of “leash” - a strap or rope that is used to restrain a dog or other animals.
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