as in sucker
one who is easily deceived or cheated
the kindly old woman was a soft touch for any con man with a hard-luck story
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Recent Examples of soft touch
Toddler’s Guilt Trip Work To Perfection On Grandma: ‘Caved In Too Quick’
By Jack Beresford
Senior Life and Trends Reporter
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A doting grandmother showed precisely why she's considered a soft touch around her granddaughter in a hilarious video posted to social media.
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Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
Intricate marble is integrated into the walls, silk fabrics add a soft touch to the furnishings and delicate shades of ivory, champagne and eggshell blue contribute to the sense of calm.
—Katia Damborsky, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
So, too, does this wonderful Hayao Miyazaki film deliver pure pleasure with a feather’s brief, soft touch.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
Castleton has a soft touch in the paint with hooks and floaters.
—Stan Son, The Athletic, 18 July 2024
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Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
Intricate marble is integrated into the walls, silk fabrics add a soft touch to the furnishings and delicate shades of ivory, champagne and eggshell blue contribute to the sense of calm.
—Katia Damborsky, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
So, too, does this wonderful Hayao Miyazaki film deliver pure pleasure with a feather’s brief, soft touch.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
Castleton has a soft touch in the paint with hooks and floaters.
—Stan Son, The Athletic, 18 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for soft touch
Noun
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More great reads Column: Super Bowl sucker no more.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2025
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Another place where suckers may pop up is below the bud union on the tree, where the citrus variety was grafted onto the rootstock.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Feb. 2025
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By learning to harness the tools of this century, a cadre of charismatic figures revived the archetypes of the previous one: the strong leader, the great nation, the proud civilization.—
Michael Kimmage,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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This offer comes with a 12 month free trial of the Google One AI Premium Plan, which gives you 2TB of cloud storage and access to all the Gemini tools in your Google apps.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
25 Feb. 2025
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Since its inception in 2011, the CFPB said its enforcement actions in 42 cases involving harm to service members and veterans have delivered $183 million in redress to victims.—
Melissa Chan,
NBC News,
20 Feb. 2025
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The term has been applied to other groups as well: Teachers, health care workers, government officials and public safety professionals may encounter mandates that threaten to compromise their values, witness morally repugnant behavior or become a victim of somebody else’s transgression.—
Christina Caron,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Soft touch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soft%20touch. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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