"soft touch" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1931 August 15, Roscoe McGowen, “Baseball: Cards, in farewell, upset Robins, 9-3”, in New York Times, page 11",
          "text": "But Fred Heimach, who batted for Quinn in the Brooklyn half and fanned, proved a soft touch for the Cardinals in the ninth.",
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          "ref": "2004, Jeanette Windle, Firestorm, page 55",
          "text": "She was a soft touch for anyone with a genuine need.",
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          "ref": "2008 December 8, “Get tough on border security, oppn”, in Sky News, Australia, retrieved 2008-12-08",
          "text": "The federal opposition says people smugglers now see Australia as a soft touch on border security.",
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        "A person or group that is sympathetic, accommodating, easily overcome, or easily persuaded, especially one that loans or readily gives money to another."
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        "(idiomatic) A person or group that is sympathetic, accommodating, easily overcome, or easily persuaded, especially one that loans or readily gives money to another."
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          "word": "pushover"
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          "word": "softy"
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          "ref": "1939, T. Mitchell, “The ‘Soft Touch’ in Teaching”, in Washington Education, volume 71, number 1, page 28",
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          "ref": "1998, James Herriot, All Creatures Great and Small, page 266",
          "text": "I finally abandoned any lingering illusions I had had that Ministry work was a soft touch.",
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        "A comfortable situation; an easy task or undemanding occupation, especially one which is comfortably remunerative."
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        "(idiomatic) A comfortable situation; an easy task or undemanding occupation, especially one which is comfortably remunerative."
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          "ref": "1931 August 15, Roscoe McGowen, “Baseball: Cards, in farewell, upset Robins, 9-3”, in New York Times, page 11",
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      "word": "pushover"
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