soft touch

noun

: a person who is easily imposed on or taken advantage of

Examples of soft touch in a Sentence

His friends all know that he's a soft touch. the kindly old woman was a soft touch for any con man with a hard-luck story
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So, too, does this wonderful Hayao Miyazaki film deliver pure pleasure with a feather’s brief, soft touch. Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025 Castleton has a soft touch in the paint with hooks and floaters. Stan Son, The Athletic, 18 July 2024 Made from vines over 150 years old and aged only in stainless steel, the elegant wine showcases the purity of fruit and terroir with flavors of cherry and raspberry and soft touches of spice. Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 22 Dec. 2024 But if Iraqi hedging requires a soft touch from the United States, Trump delivered the polar opposite. Michael Wahid Hanna, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2019 See all Example Sentences for soft touch 

Word History

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of soft touch was in 1925

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“Soft touch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soft%20touch. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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