take something lightly

The decision to go use military force, he said, had not been taken lightly.

Growing your business isn't a decision to be taken lightly.

Still, death was never a thing to be taken lightly.

They were not to be taken lightly, he told himself.

The power that has been given us is not something to be taken lightly.

The process should be one that is not taken lightly.

When someone who is 6-11 can do these things, he can't and shouldn't be taken lightly.

Since he had no family, this was not a thought to be taken lightly.

Certainly, the bank run of today is not something to be taken lightly.

Such an offer, in my book, is not to be taken lightly.