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ease off

ease off verb: to reduce pressure; to become less serious.

Verb

ease off (third-person singular simple present eases off, present participle easing off, simple past and past participle eased off)

  1. (ambitransitive) to reduce pressure; to become less serious
    • You should ease off him a while, or he might get upset.
    • If you take this medicine, the pain should ease off after a few hours.

Forms of ease off

third-person singular presenteases off
present participleeasing off
past participleeased off
pasteased off

Questions about ease off

What does ease off mean?
Ease off means to reduce pressure; to become less serious.
What part of speech is ease off?
Ease off is a verb.
What is the past tense of ease off?
The past tense of ease off is eased off.

Words near ease off in the dictionary

  1. ease
  2. ease down
  3. ease nature
  4. ease of doing business index
  5. ease of doing business indexes
  6. ease off
  7. ease one's mind
  8. ease oneself
  9. ease up
  10. Easebourne
  11. eased

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