take lightly

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

take lightly

1. (idiomatic, transitive) To treat casually, without seriousness or worry.
   • 2011 February 12, Mark Orlovac, “England 59-13 Italy”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     Following England's opening-day win over Wales in Cardiff, Martin Johnson's men headed into the Twickenham contest full of confidence but with a warning from their manager not to take the Italians lightly.

Synonyms

• make light of

Translations

approach casually

• Danish: tage let på, ikke tage på alvor (not take seriously)
• Finnish: ottaa kevyesti
• French: prendre à la légère (fr)
• German: auf die leichte Schulter nehmen (de)
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ta lett på, ikke ta på alvor (not take seriously)