ease up

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour indiquer une action visant à réduire l'intensité, la sévérité ou la tension ; se détendre ou ralentir.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of becoming less intense, severe, or strict; to relax or slow down.

indénombrable · intransitif · phrasal, sans objet

1. Reduce pressure or intensityinformal

   To become less severe, intense, or demanding.

   se relâcher

   • The rain finally eased up after three hours.
   • You should ease up on the strict rules for a while.
   • The teacher eased up on the homework load.

   Synonymesabatediminishlet uplightenmoderaterelentslackensubside

   Antonymesaggravateescalateintensifytightenworsen

2. Relax or slow downinformal

   To stop working so hard or to become less tense.

   se détendre, ralentir

   • He needs to ease up and take a vacation.
   • She told him to ease up and enjoy life more.
   • After the deadline, the team eased up a bit.

   Synonymeslet uplighten uploosen uprelaxsettle downslow downtake it easyunwind

   Antonymesaccelerateexpeditehastenhurryintensifyspeed

Verbe de baseease