go soft on (someone)
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!
See also: go, on, soft
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- 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