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take a soft option

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  • soft option —    If you choose the easiest course of action available, which is usually not very effective, you take a soft option.     Their father took a soft option and confiscated the skateboard for the week end, hoping his sons would stop quarrelling …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • (the) soft option — the ˌsoft/ˌeasy ˈoption idiom (often disapproving) a choice which is thought to be easier because it involves less effort, difficulty, etc • They are anxious that the new course should not be seen as a soft option. • He decided to take the easy… …   Useful english dictionary

  • option — [[t]ɒ̱pʃ(ə)n[/t]] ♦♦ options 1) N COUNT An option is something that you can choose to do in preference to one or more alternatives. He s argued from the start that America and its allies are putting too much emphasis on the military option...… …   English dictionary

  • option — / ɒpʃən/ noun the opportunity to buy or sell something within a fixed period of time at a fixed price ♦ to grant someone a six month option on a product to allow someone six months to decide if they want to manufacture the product ♦ to take up an …   Dictionary of banking and finance

  • soft — /sɒft/ adjective not hard ♦ to take the soft option to decide to do something which involves least risk, effort or problems …   Dictionary of banking and finance

  • soft — W2S2 [sɔft US so:ft] adj comparative softer superlative softest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not hard)¦ 2¦(not rough)¦ 3¦(not loud)¦ 4¦(colour/light)¦ 5¦(no hard edges)¦ 6¦(rain/wind)¦ 7¦(not strict)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • option — noun 1 freedom to choose VERB + OPTION ▪ have ▪ You have the option of working full time or part time. ▪ give sb PREPOSITION ▪ with the option …   Collocations dictionary

  • option */*/*/ — UK [ˈɒpʃ(ə)n] / US [ˈɑpʃ(ə)n] noun [countable] Word forms option : singular option plural options 1) something that you can choose in a particular situation We ve discussed all the marketing options and decided to go for television advertising.… …   English dictionary

  • soft — adjective 1 NOT HARD a) not hard or firm, but easy to press: a soft pillow | My feet sank into the soft ground. | get/go soft: Cook the onions until they go soft. b) less hard than average: a soft lead pencil | a soft cheese 2 NOT ROUGH having a… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • soft —    1. of low intelligence    A shortened form of soft in the head:     She s saft at best, and something lazy. (Burns, 1785)    2. inflicting less harm than an alternative    The opposite to hard in pornography, illegal narcotics, etc. A soft… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • Soft paternalism — Soft Paternalism, also referred to as asymmetrical paternalism and libertarian paternalism, is a political philosophy that believes the state can “help you make the choices you would make for yourself if only you had the strength of will and the… …   Wikipedia

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