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ease out

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  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

Australia's biggest city Sydney is likely to ease out of lockdown from next month, provided a vaccination threshold is reached.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2021

So I was actually trying to ease out of the whole Star Wars thing a bit.

From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio

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