soft on

idiom

informal + old-fashioned
: attracted to (someone)
I think he's a little soft on her.

Examples of soft on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Though food inflation was soft on the month, multiple categories saw sizeable increases, most notably eggs, which were up 5.5%. Jeff Cox, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2024 Other Republicans say Dunn’s presence on Harris’s team will serve as just one example of a larger effort to paint Harris as soft on Big Tech corporations. Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 9 Aug. 2024 Lake painted Harris as soft on crime by bailing out criminals after the 2020 murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police and said Gallego was marching in protests against the police at that time. Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 8 Aug. 2024 The summer fruit is light green and soft on the inside and can have white or yellow skin on the outside, although white-skinned versions are generally sweeter. Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health, 13 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for soft on 

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“Soft on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soft%20on. Accessed 21 Sep. 2024.

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