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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Go short
Go short
go short (of something)
go short of
go short of something
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go sky-high
Go slow
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go snaky
go so far as
go so far as
go so far as
go so far as
go so far as to
go so far as to (do something)
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go so far as to say
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go some way towards
go some way towards doing something
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go somebody's own gait
go somebody's way
go someone's gait
go someone's own gait
go something into reverse
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go steady
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