rest easy

idiom

: to stop worrying about something : to not worry about something
I can rest easy knowing that he will be in charge.

Examples of rest easy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Pet parents worried about their dogs and cats' safety during a total solar eclipse can rest easy. Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2024 After a dominating win against the Miami Dolphins, Baltimore can rest easy with the No. 1 seed and a first-round bye locked up in the playoffs. Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2024 Plus, those with a Prime membership can rest easy knowing many of these gifts will arrive on time. Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2024 For now, Mitchell advises gardeners to rest easy and stay inside. Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Jan. 2024 Dawson's Creek fans can rest easy tonight, because Katie Holmes and Michelle Williams didn't wait for their lives to be over for this very high-fashion reunion. Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 8 Feb. 2024 But rest easy knowing that the maze's note from Ish is a word-for-word replica of a note Joel finds in the game. Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2023 Further Reading Impressions: Starfield’s sheer scale is already giving me vertigo Nvidia graphics card owners can rest easy; Starfield modders have already added support for Nvidia's Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS) technology (alongside the game's official support for AMD's FSR2 upscaling). Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 5 Sep. 2023 Does this mean that all taxpayers receiving or making international transfers can rest easy now? Hale Sheppard, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023

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“Rest easy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rest%20easy. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.

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