go easy

Idioms  

1. 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 .

2. ; 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]

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Example Sentences

“Since this is the first run, we want to go easy on the sub. We’ll head out from shore and go twenty feet down, make a circle and come back.”

From Literature

“But maybe you should go easy on our oxygen supply.”

From Literature

“Go easy on Clara,” Kumu Maka says.

From Literature

“Just an idea, but if you can explain the science behind the Ketchup Rocket, maybe Espinosa’ll go easy on you.”

From Literature

He’s so happy to be back, he said, and appreciates that Blanck “doesn’t go easy on you.”

From Los Angeles Times