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child's play
noun
1
: an extremely simple task or act
2
: something that is insignificant
figuring out the password was child's play
Synonyms
Examples of child's play in a Sentence
Landing a job should be child's play for someone with his skills.
the injury is child's play, just a scratch
Recent Examples on the Web
However, figuring out the specifics of taxing candy is far from child's play.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
And everything that used to give me anxiety feels like child's play after all this.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
While eating candy is easy, figuring out the specifics of taxing candy is far from child's play.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Even though Activate's games in Dubai are the same as the ones in its North American sites, the expansion still wasn't child's play.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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The first known use of child's play was
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“Child's play.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/child%27s%20play. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
child's play
noun
: something that is very easy to do or is unimportant
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