Word Study
ease up
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb ease up has 3 senses
- ease up(v = verb.motion) give, give way, move over, yield - move in order to make room for someone for something; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd" is one way to move
- ease up(v = verb.change) ease off, flag, slacken off - become less intense; Array is one way to decrease, diminish, fall, lessen
- ease up(v = verb.change) ease off, let up - reduce pressure or intensity; "he eased off the gas pedal and the car slowed down" is one way to alter, change, modify
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THESAURUS
ease up
abate, arrest, backpedal, backwater, bate, brake, check, clip the wings, curb, decelerate, delay, detain, draw rein, ease, ease off, hold back, hold in check, hold up, impede, keep back, let down, let up, let up on, loose, loosen, lose ground, lose momentum, lose speed, mitigate, moderate, obstruct, reef, rein in, relax, remit, retard, set back, slack, slack off, slack up, slacken, slake, slow, slow down, slow up, stay, take in sail, throttle down, unbend, unbrace, unlax, unstrain, unstring, unwind
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