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treat like a Make-A-Wish kid

treat like a Make-A-Wish kid verb: to treat with undue patience or kindness, avoiding causing offense.

Verb

treat like a Make-A-Wish kid (third-person singular simple present treats like a Make-A-Wish kid, present participle treating like a Make-A-Wish kid, simple past and past participle treated like a Make-A-Wish kid)

  1. (derogatory, slang, transitive, simile) To treat with undue patience or kindness, avoiding causing offense.
    • If they don't stop treating Klay like a make a wish kid, they never going to be more than a playin team. Simple2023 December 7, @BK9419, Twitter
    • Ijbol diplomats have clocked that Trump will let you do anything as long as you treat him like a make a wish kid2025 September 17, @NIMBYSlayer_69, Twitter

Forms of treat like a Make-A-Wish kid

third-person singular presenttreats like a Make-A-Wish kid
present participletreating like a Make-A-Wish kid
past participletreated like a Make-A-Wish kid
pasttreated like a Make-A-Wish kid

Origin of treat like a Make-A-Wish kid

Referring to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, associated with fulfilling wishes of terminally ill children, the implication being that only such children would deserve such pleasant treatment.

Questions about treat like a Make-A-Wish kid

What does treat like a Make-A-Wish kid mean?
Treat like a Make-A-Wish kid means to treat with undue patience or kindness, avoiding causing offense.
What part of speech is treat like a Make-A-Wish kid?
Treat like a Make-A-Wish kid is a verb.
What is the past tense of treat like a Make-A-Wish kid?
The past tense of treat like a Make-A-Wish kid is treated like a Make-A-Wish kid.

Words near treat like a Make-A-Wish kid in the dictionary

  1. treasuryship
  2. treasuryships
  3. treat
  4. treat 'em mean to keep 'em keen
  5. treat 'em mean, keep 'em keen
  6. treat like a Make-A-Wish kid
  7. treat like dirt
  8. treat like garbage
  9. treat like shit
  10. treat like trash
  11. treat of

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