training wheels
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Your child will have to call the institution that holds the account to retitle everything under their own name, at which point the proverbial training wheels come off.
From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026
The bicycle course featured four small bikes with training wheels, only suitable for young children.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 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
After dinner, Walley helped La’Riah practice riding a bike with no training wheels.
From Seattle Times • May 14, 2023
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
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