touch lightly
Example Sentences
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“I’ve got my boys over there. I built some really good relationships, so try to keep in touch lightly with everybody.”
From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2017
And both touch lightly on Mr. Hiaasen’s serious concern with toxic pollution.
From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2013
It manages to touch lightly on all aspects of life, from war and poverty to square meals and love.
From Time Magazine Archive
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This, then, is the Conversation Hour: the time to touch lightly on the need for a new vacuum cleaner, his gaucheries at last night's bridge party, the prospects for remedying his cultural poverty .
From Time Magazine Archive
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They touch lightly where they touch at all—such a condition makes much difference to the ship in attempts to force her through, as each floe is freer to move on being struck.
From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Scott, Robert Falcon