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idiomwrap sb in cotton wool BrEBrEto be so worried about someone that you treat them more carefully than is necessary and do not allow them to do things that you think are dangerous:Ms Jackson says that modern parents tend to wrap their children in cotton wool, instead of letting them learn by their mistakes.Eva knew she hadn't completely recovered, but she didn't want to spend the rest of her life wrapped up in cotton wool.
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