Usually means: Overprotect to an extreme degree.
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▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To treat delicately, to baby, to coddle.

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coddle, protect, shelter, nurture, spoil, haunt, arrayer, cop, hounder, souvenir, more...

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coddle, protect, shelter, nurture, spoil, haunt, arrayer, cop, hounder, souvenir, more...



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