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take things easy

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take it easy

[take it easy] {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. or [go easy] or [take things easy] To go or act slowly, carefully, and gently. - Often used with "on". * /Take it […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

easy

[easy] See: [FREE AND EASY], [GET OFF EASY], [ON EASY STREET], [TAKE IT EASY] or [GO EASY] or [TAKE THINGS EASY]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[easy come, easy go] {truncated sent.}, {informal} Something you get quickly and easily may be lost or spent just as easily. * /Grandfather thought Billy should have to work for […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[get off easy] {v. phr.}, {informal} To have only a little trouble; escape something worse. * /The children who missed school to go to the fair got off easy./ * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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