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Meaning of training wheels | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈtɹeɪnɪŋ wiːlz/

Definitions

Anything designed to make something easier for a novice.

figuratively, plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Suomi apupyörät
Polski pomoc

Examples

“Kick off the training wheels, Corporal. He's good to go.”
“Yet as with Booksmart, the summer's earlier riff on that Apatovian classic, there are times when Good Boys feels a little too nice to actually be uproarious. In more ways than one, it's the training wheels for a better comedy—a slightly edgier and funnier one.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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