ease off
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or ease up
: to become less severe
The slope gradually eased off.
The pressure should ease up soon.
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To take the ease off undecorating, there are plenty of options for residents to recycle or reuse their live trees around the Greater Cincinnati area.
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Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024
The generals should be leading the soldiers but that’s not the case now with Apple, Amazon and Microsoft as these large capitalization stocks ease off their peaks.
—John Navin, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
It’s been pretty hectic for me so far, so fingers crossed things will ease off over the next few days.
—Kris Holt, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
But even then, APRs will only ease off extremely high levels.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2024
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Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024
The generals should be leading the soldiers but that’s not the case now with Apple, Amazon and Microsoft as these large capitalization stocks ease off their peaks.
—John Navin, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
It’s been pretty hectic for me so far, so fingers crossed things will ease off over the next few days.
—Kris Holt, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
But even then, APRs will only ease off extremely high levels.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2024
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“Ease off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ease%20off. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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