short leashes
Close supervision tools
Short leashes describes tight control or close supervision.
The literal image—a dog that can't stray far from its handler—extends to employees, children, or anyone given little autonomy: The new manager keeps everyone on short leashes.
Often singular: He's on a short leash after that last mistake.
- reinsBit-attached steering straps
- tetherFastening cord for animals
- strapNarrow flexible binding material
- cordFlexible twisted strand
- restrictionsLimitations on action
strict rules · collar · lead · choke chain · bindings · apron strings · keeping tabs · training · curfew · boundaries · oversight · supervision · parental controls · regulation · helicopter parenting · pets · control · harness
short leashesfree rein
Unrestricted freedom to act
carte blanche · independence · loose reins · latitude · slack
short leashesoff-leash
Unrestrained from lead
unleashed · untethered · unrestrained · at liberty · unconfined
short, shorts, shorten, shortened, shortening, shorter, shortest, shortly, shortness