ease off

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verb

1. become less intense
• Syn:
ease up, slacken off, flag
• Hypernyms:
decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
2. reduce pressure or intensity
- he eased off the gas pedal and the car slowed down
• Syn:
ease up, let up
• Derivationally related forms:
letup (for: let up)
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something