training wheels

American  

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. a pair of small wheels attached one on each side of the rear wheel of a bicycle for stability while one is learning to ride.

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training wheels

I like to think of boxed cake as training wheels.

From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2026

“It’s like, ‘Hey, we’re going to keep the training wheels on, and then once you get to the first really big hill we’re going to take the training wheels off.”

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026

Then look down, around you, at street level, and realize that we might be Manhattan with training wheels.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

"You can think of the fetal globin gene as the training wheels on a kid's bike," says Prof. Crossley.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 5, 2026

Zayd doesn’t properly know how to ride a two-wheeler yet, since Baba just took off his training wheels last weekend.

From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan