ease off (from someone or something)
- ease off (from someone or something)
ease off (from someone or something)
to move away from someone or something, slowly and carefully. •
Ease off carefully from the deer, so you don't frighten it.
•
Ease off quietly.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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