mollycoddleverb [ T ]
uk/ˈmɒl.iˌkɒd.əl/us/ˈmɑː.liˌkɑː.dəl/informal mainly disapprovingto give someone too much care or protection:
You're not helping the children by mollycoddling them - they have to grow up sometime.
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Defending and protecting
- baby
- bandobast
- bastion
- biodefence
- cherish
- featherbed
- guard
- kill
- mother
- out of harm's way idiom
- overprotective
- patrol
- proof
- proof
- protect
- protective
- ring-fence
- rustproof
- wrap
- wrap sb (up) in cotton wool idiom
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