featherbedverb [ T ]
uk/ˌfeð.əˈbed/us/ˌfeð.ɚˈbed/-dd- UK disapprovingto protect someone, especially a group of workers, too much and make things easy for them
If a government featherbeds an industry, it gives it a lot of help, such as lower taxes, especially so that jobs will not be lost.
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Defending and protecting
- baby
- bandobast
- bastion
- biodefence
- cherish
- guard
- kill
- mollycoddle
- mother
- out of harm's way idiom
- overprotective
- patrol
- proof
- proof
- protect
- protective
- rustproof
- wet nurse
- wrap
- wrap sb (up) in cotton wool idiom
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featherbedding
noun [ U ] uk/ˌfeð.əˈbed.ɪŋ/us/ˌfeð.ɚˈbed.ɪŋ/
The taxpayer was forced to fund the featherbedding of a privatized rail company.