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SOFT OPTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does soft option mean?
• SOFT OPTION (noun)
The noun SOFT OPTION has 1 sense:
1. an easier alternative
Familiarity information: SOFT OPTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An easier alternative
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context example:
the instructor took the soft option and gave the boy a passing grade
Hypernyms ("soft option" is a kind of...):
alternative; choice; option (one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"You will not rise to the occasion, you will default to the level of your training" (English proverb)
"The one who does not risk anything does not gain nor lose" (Breton proverb)
"With a soft tongue you can even pull a snake out of its nest." (Armenian proverb)
"It's not only cooks that wear long knives." (Dutch proverb)
"The one who does not risk anything does not gain nor lose" (Breton proverb)
"With a soft tongue you can even pull a snake out of its nest." (Armenian proverb)
"It's not only cooks that wear long knives." (Dutch proverb)