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HANDLE WITH KID GLOVES

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Dictionary entry overview: What does handle with kid gloves mean?

• HANDLE WITH KID GLOVES (verb)
The verb HANDLE WITH KID GLOVES has 1 sense:

1. handle with great care and sensitivity

Familiarity information: HANDLE WITH KID GLOVES used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HANDLE WITH KID GLOVES (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Handle with great care and sensitivity

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

You have to handle the students with kid gloves

Hypernyms (to "handle with kid gloves" is one way to...):

do by; handle; treat (interact in a certain way)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

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