take the pressure off
idiom
: to reduce the amount of stress felt by
Hiring more teachers would help take the pressure off our staff.
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Removing the requirement for remittance taxes on bank transfers, where larger assets may be stored, will likely take the pressure off the money immigrants are storing in U.S. accounts awaiting a later transfer, but Dubey said large sums have likely already been moved without the tax in place.
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Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
This might take the pressure off enough to cure any fear paralysis.
—Kate McKean 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
This can take the pressure off of the transition to intimacy.
—Mara Santilli, Flow Space, 16 June 2025
That will take the pressure off of your other friends.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 10 May 2025
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Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
This might take the pressure off enough to cure any fear paralysis.
—Kate McKean 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
This can take the pressure off of the transition to intimacy.
—Mara Santilli, Flow Space, 16 June 2025
That will take the pressure off of your other friends.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 10 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for take the pressure off
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“Take the pressure off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20the%20pressure%20off. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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