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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

He added that it was "quite right" for executive ministers to evaluate how Northern Ireland would ease out of lockdown most effectively but he urged that the public health advice should continue to be followed.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2021

We ease out of the house, then bound down the porch steps, turning right when we hit the street to head toward the river.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen