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What does "soft spot" mean?
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A weak or vulnerable point, as in That's the soft spot in his argument. [Mid-1900s]
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have a soft spot for. Have a tender or sentimental feeling for, as in Grandpa had a soft spot for Brian, his first grandson. This expression, first recorded in 1753 as “a soft place in one's heart,” uses soft in the sense of “tender.”
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