soft on

idiom

informal + old-fashioned

: attracted to (someone)

I think he's a little soft on her.

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But that hasn’t translated into similar levels of support for the incumbent, whom Hochman has repeatedly slammed as soft on crime. —

James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024 Loading your audio article The 2007 murder of an Oakland journalist has become a sound bite in the presidential election, featured in a national ad blitz by Donald Trump and supporters that seeks to paint Kamala Harris as soft on crime. —

Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024 India has repeatedly criticized Mr. Trudeau’s government for being soft on supporters of the Khalistan movement who live in Canada. —

Rob Gillies, Aijaz Hussain, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2024 India has repeatedly criticized Trudeau's government for being soft on supporters of the Khalistan movement who live in Canada. —

Rob Gillies, TIME, 14 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for soft on