ease off

idiom

variants or ease up

: to become less severe

The slope gradually eased off.

The pressure should ease up soon.

Examples of ease off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Eight minutes into the pursuit, when a major instructed the officers by radio to ease off and to be mindful of police policies, the two officers voiced frustration, according to body camera footage captured by the officers and quoted in the report. —Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 21 Feb. 2024

But persistently higher prices are eating into consumers’ income, even as inflation slows and some brands finally start to ease off their price hikes. —J.j. McCorvey, NBC News, 17 Mar. 2024

The latest reading bring the UK closer to the inflation levels prevailing in the US and euro area, where policymakers are preparing to ease off on the monetary tightening imposed to get prices under control after the pandemic. —Tom Rees, Fortune Europe, 20 Mar. 2024

By summer 2023, the bank started to ease off, even pausing its hikes several times—though indicating more increases could follow. —Aly J. Yale, wsj.com, 2 Nov. 2023