go soft on (someone)

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go soft on (someone)

To treat someone delicately, gently, or leniently; to not criticize, punish, or berate someone too harshly. Ah, go soft on Bill—it's his first day in the office. You go too soft on those kids. They need more discipline or they'll get out of control!

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be soft on (someone)
be in bad with (someone)
accompany (one) on a/(one's) journey
accompany on a journey
a stranger to (someone or something)
be out of (one's) league
be out of somebody's league
be rough on (someone or something)
be in another person's shoes
be in somebody's shoes

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go sky-high
Go slow
Go slow
Go slow
Go slow
Go slow
go snaky
go so far as
go so far as
go so far as
go so far as
go so far as (doing something)
go so far as doing
go so far as doing something
go so far as to
go so far as to (do something)
go so far as to do something
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go so far as to say (something)
go so far as to say it
go so far as to say something
go soak your face
go soak your face!
go soak your head
Go soak your head!
go soak yourself
Go soak yourself!
go soft
go soft in the head
go soft on
go soft on (someone)
go soft on her
go soft on him
go soft on me
go soft on one
go soft on them
go soft on us
go soft on you
go some way toward
go some way towards
go some way towards doing something
go somebody's gait
go somebody's own gait
go somebody's way
go someone's gait
go someone's own gait
go someplace with bells on
go something into reverse
go somewhere with bells on
go sour
go sour
go sour
go sour
go south
go south
go spare
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go stag
go steady
go steady
go steady
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