to choose the 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

• 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

• 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 — op|tion [ apʃən ] noun count *** 1. ) something that you can choose in a particular situation: We ve discussed all the marketing options and decided to go for television advertising. option for: We have three different options for financing the… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• option — noun 1 A CHOICE (C) a choice you can make in a particular situation: As I see it, we have two options either we sell the house or we rent it out. | I usually choose the vegetarian option in restaurants. | the option of doing sth: I always had the …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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• 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 — op|tion W2S1 [ˈɔpʃən US ˈa:p ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(choice)¦ 2 keep/leave your options open 3¦(computers)¦ 4 easy option 5¦(right to buy/sell)¦ 6¦(at school/university)¦ 7¦(something additional)¦ 8 first option ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1500 1600; : French; …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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