: marked by extreme care or deference
kid-glove treatment
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Sen. Ted Budd, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 31 Jan. 2024
Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2024
When the confident Angel Vergara (Méndez) opens a studio too close for comfort, the kid gloves come off since this new guy on the block refuses to acquiesce to her.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2024
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Adjective
Even as the regime’s aggression has escalated, this president has continued a kid-glove treatment against the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism in a desperate hope to secure a deal.
—Sen. Ted Budd, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 31 Jan. 2024
Noun
But the idea of handling such a gleeful provocateur with kid gloves seems to somehow miss the point of De Palma’s work.
—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2024
When the confident Angel Vergara (Méndez) opens a studio too close for comfort, the kid gloves come off since this new guy on the block refuses to acquiesce to her.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2024
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“Kid-glove.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kid-glove. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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