child's play
noun
1
: an extremely simple task or act
2
: something that is insignificant
figuring out the password was child's play
Examples of child's play in a Sentence
Landing a job should be child's play for someone with his skills.
the injury is child's play, just a scratch
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Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 23 July 2025
Beginning Thursday, Beyond the Gates is set to plunge viewers into a three-episode arc that makes Dani (Karla Mosley) bringing a gun to a wedding look like child's play.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Compensating for this decline in operating income might not be child's play.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
Indecipherable homework assignments that would mystify mere mortals are, well, child's play to Suborno, something his parents marveled at early on.
—Susan Spencer, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for child's play
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“Child's play.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/child%27s%20play. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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