take the pressure off

:  to get into one's hands or into one's possession, power, or control: such as

:  to seize or capture physically

:  to get possession of (fish or game) by killing or capturing

:  a distinct or personal point of view, outlook, or assessment

:  a distinct treatment or variation

:  an act or the action of taking: such as

:  the burden of physical or mental distress

:  the constraint of circumstance :  the weight of social or economic imposition

:  the application of force to something by something else in direct contact with it :  compression

:  to apply pressure to

:  pressurize

:  to cook in a pressure cooker

:  from a place or position

:  away from land

:  at a distance in space or time

: used as a function word to indicate physical separation or distance from a position of rest, attachment, or union

:  to seaward of

:  from the possession or charge of

:  seaward

:  right

:  more removed or distant

:  to go away :  depart

:  kill, murder

: office; officer; official