ease off

• Verbe à particule signifiant devenir moins intense, sérieux ou fort; diminuer ou relâcher la pression.

A phrasal verb meaning to become less intense, severe, or forceful; to relax or reduce pressure.

indénombrable · intransitif · phrasal, sans objet

1. Reduce intensityinformal

   To become less intense, severe, or forceful.

   se calmer

   • The storm finally eased off after midnight.
   • You should ease off on the training to avoid injury.
   • The pain in his back eased off after taking the medication.

   Synonymesabatealleviatediminishlessenlet upmitigatemoderaterelentslackensubside

   Antonymesescalateincreaseintensifystrengthen

2. Relax effortinformal

   To reduce the amount of effort or pressure one is applying.

   Relâcher l'effort

   • He needs to ease off at work and take a vacation.
   • The teacher told the students to ease off on the criticism.
   • She eased off the accelerator as the car approached the curve.

   Synonymesabatediminishease uplessenlet uploosenmoderaterelaxrelentslacken

   Antonymesescalateincreaseintensifystrengthen

Verbe de baseease