ease up

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verb

1. move in order to make room for someone for something (Freq. 1)
- The park gave way to a supermarket
- 'Move over,' he told the crowd
• Syn:
move over, give way, give, yield
• Hypernyms:
move
• Verb Group:
abandon, give up
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
2. become less intense (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
ease off, slacken off, flag
• Hypernyms:
decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. reduce pressure or intensity
- he eased off the gas pedal and the car slowed down
• Syn:
ease off, 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