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handles with kid gloves

handles with kid gloves is the third-person singular simple present indicative of handle with kid gloves.

Meaning of handle with kid gloves

Verb

handle with kid gloves (third-person singular simple present handles with kid gloves, present participle handling with kid gloves, simple past and past participle handled with kid gloves)

  1. (idiomatic) To treat (a person or a subject) very delicately or carefully, especially so as not to cause offense or controversy.
    • The campaign staff cautioned the candidate to handle the issue with kid gloves.

Questions about handles with kid gloves

What is handles with kid gloves the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Handles with kid gloves is the third-person singular simple present indicative of handle with kid gloves.

Words near handles with kid gloves in the dictionary

  1. handler
  2. handlers
  3. handles
  4. handles oneself
  5. handles up
  6. handles with kid gloves
  7. handles without gloves
  8. handles without mittens
  9. handlesome
  10. handless
  11. handlessness

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