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ease up
verb
1. move in order to make room for someone for something (Freq. 1)
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The park gave way to a supermarket

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`Move over,' he told the crowd

Syn: ↑move over, ↑give way, ↑give, ↑yield
Hypernyms: ↑move
Verb Group: ↑abandon, ↑give up
Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s

2. become less intense (Freq. 1)
Syn: ↑ease off, ↑slacken off, ↑flag
Hypernyms: ↑decrease, ↑diminish, ↑lessen, ↑fall
Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

3. reduce pressure or intensity
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he eased off the gas pedal and the car slowed down

Syn: ↑ease off, ↑let up
Derivationally related forms: ↑letup (for: ↑let up)
Hypernyms: ↑change, ↑alter, ↑modify
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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Something ——s somebody

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Something ——s something


Useful english dictionary. 2012.