ease up

English

Verb

ease up (third-person singular simple present eases up, present participle easing up, simple past and past participle eased up)

1. (informal, intransitive) To become more relaxed or less demanding.

   I suggest that you ease up a bit at work. You're getting stressed out.

   You should ease up on your son. You're putting too much pressure on him.

2. (informal, intransitive) To reduce one's speed.

   He came hurtling round the corner, but quickly eased up when he saw Jane standing there.

Translations

to become more relaxed

• Finnish: hellittää (fi)
• French: lâcher du lest (fr)
• German: entspannen (de), zurückhalten (de), nachlassen (de)

to reduce speed

• Finnish: hiljentää (fi), hellittää (fi)
• French: lever le pied (fr)
• German: bremsen (de)