go light on (someone)

To treat someone delicately, gently, or leniently; to not criticize, punish, or berate someone too harshly. Ah, go light on Bill, it's only his first day in the office.

go light on

1. To use, acquire, or consume in small or moderate amounts: go light on the garlic.

2. To treat leniently.

See also: go, light, on

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

See also:

be soft on (someone)
be in bad with (someone)
be like ships that pass in the night
be ships that pass in the night
be like ships passing in the night
be left in charge (of someone or something)
accompany (one) on a/(one's) journey
accompany on a journey
be put in charge (of someone or something)
a stranger to (someone or something)

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