child's play
noun
1
: an extremely simple task or act
2
: something that is insignificant
figuring out the password was child's play
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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
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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.
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Caroline Reid, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
Baby stroller design: Not child's play Baby strollers, once just merely a means for transporting a baby, have become thousand-dollar accessories.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 18 May 2024
Suddenly that Pantone-perfect bouncy house is looking a little like, well, child's play.
—Leena Kim, Town & Country, 18 July 2023
Kate figuring out how to stop World War III with a clear head and a little seduction on The Diplomat is child's play compared to what Claire Danes subjected herself to as CIA agent Carrie Mathison in Homeland.
—Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 6 May 2023
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Caroline Reid, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024
Baby stroller design: Not child's play Baby strollers, once just merely a means for transporting a baby, have become thousand-dollar accessories.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 18 May 2024
Suddenly that Pantone-perfect bouncy house is looking a little like, well, child's play.
—Leena Kim, Town & Country, 18 July 2023
Kate figuring out how to stop World War III with a clear head and a little seduction on The Diplomat is child's play compared to what Claire Danes subjected herself to as CIA agent Carrie Mathison in Homeland.
—Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 6 May 2023
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“Child's play.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/child%27s%20play. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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