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take it easy

take it easy verb: to relax or rest.

Verb

take it easy (third-person singular simple present takes it easy, present participle taking it easy, simple past took it easy, past participle taken it easy)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To relax or rest.
    • I'm going to stay home Saturday and take it easy.
    • Take it easy, it's just a game!
    Synonyms:
    chill, laze
  2. (informal) Synonym of go easy (“treat gently and with understanding”)
    Synonyms:
    go easy

Interjection

  1. (informal) A farewell.
    • I'm going home now. Take it easy.
    Synonyms:
    so long, take care

take it easy meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Persian

take it easy in Tamil

ஓய்வாய் இரு, சாந்தமாகு

take it easy in Arabic

relax (imperative)
لَا تَهْتَم lā tahtam

take it easy in Persian

relax (imperative)
بیخیال bixiyâl

Synonyms of take it easy

All synonyms of take it easy

Forms of take it easy

third-person singular presenttakes it easy
present participletaking it easy
pasttook it easy
past participletaken it easy

Origin of take it easy

From take easy + it.

Questions about take it easy

What does take it easy mean?
Take it easy means to relax or rest.
What is take it easy in Tamil?
Take it easy in Tamil is ஓய்வாய் இரு, சாந்தமாகு. See Take it easy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is take it easy?
Take it easy can be a verb or an interjection.
What is the past tense of take it easy?
The past tense of take it easy is took it easy.

Words near take it easy in the dictionary

  1. take inventory
  2. take issue to
  3. take issue with
  4. take it
  5. take it away
  6. take it easy
  7. take it from me
  8. take it from the top
  9. take it in turns
  10. take it into one's head
  11. take it on the arches

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Adapted from Wiktionary: take it easy (page history and authors); take it easy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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