ease up/off
— phrasal verb with ease uk/iːz/us/iːz/verb
(STOP)
to gradually stop or become less:
At last the rain began to ease off.
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Becoming and making smaller or less
- a nip (here) and a tuck (there) idiom
- attenuate
- axe
- bite
- bite into sth
- dive
- drain
- let up
- lower
- make a hole in sth idiom
- miniaturization
- miniaturize
- minimize
- shrink
- slash
- strip sth away
- stripped down
- subside
- tail off
- take a tumble idiom
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(WORK LESS)
to start to work less or do things with less energy:
As he got older, he started to ease up a little.
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Calming and relaxing
- assuage
- balls-to-the-wall
- bask
- bread
- bread and circuses idiom
- calm
- chill
- humour
- lighten sth up
- lighten up
- lull
- lull sb into sth
- make yourself at home idiom
- relaxation
- settle
- slow down
- soften
- steady
- take things easy idiom
- take/need a cold shower idiom
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(TREAT LESS SEVERELY)
to start to treat someone less severely:
I wish his supervisor would ease up on him a bit.
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Lenient & merciful
- charitable
- charitably
- charity
- clemency
- ease
- easy
- go easy idiom
- have a heart! idiom
- heart
- lenient
- magnanimous
- merciful
- mercy
- quarter