go easy

1. go easy with or on ; go light on . Use sparingly, as in Go easy with the makeup; a little lipstick is enough , or Go light on the salt . [ Colloquial ; early 1900s]

2. Act or proceed with caution, as in Go easy moving that bookcase , or Go easy on the subject of layoffs . [Late 1800s] Also see easy does it ; take it easy .

Example Sentences

The accountant thought it was me and was calling to tell me to go easy.

From The Daily Beast

And go easy on fiber, which in large amounts can interfere with ovulation.

From The Daily Beast

Did Christie Go Easy on a Sex Trafficker Just to Bust a Small-Time Pol?

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“Go easy Mom,” he said, nosing his head around the bathroom door.

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A year ago it introduced Dropbox Mobile, which made uploading and sharing files on the go easy.

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Still he must hold out until the crop was reaped, after which he could go easy during the winter months.

From Project Gutenberg

A bottle of rum made the talk go easy between them, and I heard the plan they were making.

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I believe we ought to go easy and get something that we can put through.

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In the race, the sly gentleman who bets on Tom whispers confidentially to the jockey who rides Jerry that he had better "go easy."

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God knows whether you'll go easy through the world, or whether he'll send you suffering to purify and make you better.

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