easing up
Slowing the pressure
Easing up means reducing pressure, intensity, or effort.
You might ease up on the accelerator, on criticism, or on yourself: Ease up—you've been working too hard.
It can also describe conditions becoming less severe: The rain is finally easing up.
The phrase suggests a gradual relaxation rather than an abrupt stop.
- relentCease resistance or severity
- easygoingRelaxed in temperament
- loosenReduce tension or grip
- uncoilStraighten from spiral form
- letting goReleasing one's grasp
alleviate · mitigate · rest · take a breather · forgive · cut some slack · temper · soften · de-stress · compromise · relax · slacken · slow down · unwind · moderate · calm · cool down · decompress
- surrendersurrender, surrenders, surrendering, I surrender, capitulate
- relaxation techniquesdeep relaxation, relaxing, muscle relaxation, body scan, body warmth
easing uptightening
Making less loose
cracking down · bearing down · intensifying · coming down hard · leaning on
easing upspeeding up
Increasing speed or tempo
accelerating · picking up speed · stepping on it · quickening · flooring it
ease, easing, eased, eases, easy, easier, easiest, easily, easiness