kid glove
collocation in Englishmeaningsofkidandglove
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kid
noun
uk/kɪd/us/kɪd/
informal
a ...
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glove
noun[C]
uk/ɡlʌv/us/ɡlʌv/
a piece of clothing that is worn on the hand and wrist for warmth or protection, with separate parts for ...
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(Definition ofkidandglovefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This is nokidgloveaffair.
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I disagree with him because there is nothing "kidglove" about the way in which immigration rules have separated families and stopped visitors attending marriages and funerals.
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There comes a time within a negotiation when the kid gloves must come off, when action must be taken.
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There are people whom we cannot treat with kid gloves.
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Whatever happens, now that that decision has been made it must be exercised with kid gloves.
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Our first set of hypotheses is based on the strategic avoidance literature that predicts 'kidglove' behaviour from potential targets.
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The waiters having been removed and akidgloveaffixed to the door-knocker.
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For 20 years we have adopted thekidgloveapproach to crime and punishment.
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There is a danger in meting outkidglovejustice to dangerous criminals in this country.
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We are lighting for our lives, and it is no time forkidgloveniceties of speech.
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It was like akidglove, and the staff who put it on and the officers responsible for it ought to be congratulated.
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Those who were not included wanted to know why, and a lot ofkidglovehandling was needed by those responsible for launching it.
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The prices of thekidgloveand the fabric glove are not really so very divergent at the present time.
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