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v. (social) | 1. do by, handle, treat | interact in a certain way.; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently" |
| ~ treat | regard or consider in a specific way.; "I treated his advances as a joke" |
| ~ bemock, mock | treat with contempt.; "The new constitution mocks all democratic principles" |
| ~ deal, plow, handle, treat, cover, address | act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression.; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China" |
| ~ disregard, ignore, snub, cut | refuse to acknowledge.; "She cut him dead at the meeting" |
| ~ interact | act together or towards others or with others.; "He should interact more with his colleagues" |
| ~ wrong | treat unjustly; do wrong to. |
| ~ handle with kid gloves | handle with great care and sensitivity.; "You have to handle the students with kid gloves" |
| ~ criminalize | treat as a criminal. |
| ~ nurse | treat carefully.; "He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon"; "He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly" |
| ~ strong-arm | handle roughly.; "He was strong-armed by the policemen" |
| ~ ride roughshod, run roughshod | treat inconsiderately or harshly. |
| ~ upstage | treat snobbishly, put in one's place. |
| ~ rough-house | treat in a rough or boisterous manner. |
| ~ brutalise, brutalize | treat brutally. |
| ~ do well by | treat with respect and consideration.; "children should do well by their parents" |
| ~ gloss over, skate over, skimp over, slur over, smooth over | treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly. |
| ~ abuse, ill-treat, ill-use, maltreat, mistreat, step | treat badly.; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead" |
| ~ baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, featherbed, mollycoddle, pamper, indulge, spoil | treat with excessive indulgence.; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" |
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