take it easy

1. Don't hurry, proceed at a comfortable pace, relax. For example, Take it easy—we don't have to be there till noon, or Bruce decided to take it easy this weekend and put off working on the house. [Mid-1800s]

Example Sentences

“After the diagnosis, part of me asked if I should take it easy,” she said.

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The mainstream press, which I suspect would have preferred to report on Republican insouciance, noted instead the number and caliber of GOP officeholders openly rejecting Mr. Roberts’s plea to take it easy on right-wing Jew-haters.

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They were known for being positive and taking it easy on their star players, rarely challenging them.

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A handful of tourists could be seen taking it easy on sun lounges around the edge of the pool, though none ventured into the water.

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“She was all in on her work. She did not take it easy,” Anderson explained.

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