ease out

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]

Example Sentences

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.

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“Very at ease out there,” Boone said.

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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.

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He was not simply asking me to “get over it,” as many people like me can experience; this doctor examined me and set me up with resources on how to understand my pain and ease out of it.

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

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