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Synonyms

ease out

Idioms  

  1. Extract or remove someone or something gradually or gently. For example, He carefully eased the car out of the garage, or We were trying to ease him out of office without a public scandal. [Mid-1900s]

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The dollar/yen pair rose 0.1% to 150.52, after data showed Japan's economy contracted in July-September, complicating the central bank's efforts to ease out of its ultra-easy monetary policy.

From Reuters • Nov. 15, 2023

It was a way to ease out of one day and into the next in the spaces that I would have been chatting with my partner Chris.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2023

“If this week goes well then hopefully, I’m not in it anymore. They want you to ease out of it.”

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2022

The nation plans to ease out of lockdowns then, and vaccinated people will be granted more freedoms.

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2021

Watch careful how I casts a spell on ’em and don’t let ’em ease out of it.”

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis

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