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tender loving care

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tender loving care

noun
considerate and solicitous care; "young children need lots of TLC" 
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tender loving care

Also, TLC. Solicitous and compassionate care, as in These houseplants sure have had tender loving care, or Older house for sale, needs some renovation and TLC. Originally used to describe the work of care-givers such as nurses, this term today is often used ironically or euphemistically. [Second half of 1900s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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