Related Words for go easy on

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ease off
//
Phrase, Verb
slow down
/x
Phrase, Verb
soft on
//
Phrase
lighten up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
lay off
//
Phrase, Verb
soft touch
//
Phrase, Noun
lenient
/xx
Adjective
soften
/x
Verb
leniency
/xx
Noun
careful
/x
Adjective
gentle
/x
Adjective
hands off
//
Phrase, Adjective
gentleness
/xx
Noun
delicate
/xx
Adjective
chill out
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
tone down
/x
Phrase, Verb
let up
//
Phrase, Verb
compassionately
x/xxx
Adverb
softness
/x
Noun
easygoing
/x/x
Adjective
sensitively
/xxx
Adverb
feel for
//
Phrase, Verb
cut back
//
Phrase, Verb
sympathetically
xx/xxx
Adverb
lighten
/x
Verb
take care
//
Phrase, Verb
leave off
//
Phrase, Verb
considerate
x/xx
Adjective
forgiving
x/x
Noun
leave out
//
Phrase, Verb
calm down
/x
Phrase, Verb
care for
//
Phrase, Verb
tenderly
/xx
Adverb
pass on
//
Phrase, Verb
help out
//
Phrase, Verb
compromise
/xx
Noun
take pains
//
Phrase, Verb
painless
/x
Adjective
indirect
xx/
Adjective
lightweight
//
Adjective
simmer down
/x/
Phrase, Verb
slowing
/x
Verb
loosen up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
kindnesses
/xx
Noun
keep off
//
Phrase, Verb
fragile
/x
Adjective
patience
/x
Noun
play down
//
Phrase, Verb
how about
/x/
Phrase, Adverb
compassion
x/x
Noun
consoling
x/x
Adjective
helping
/x
Verb
underestimate
/x/xx
Verb
sparingly
/xx
Adverb
manageable
/xxx
Adjective
care of
//
Phrase
effortless
/xx
Adjective
hurting
/x
Verb
sympathy
/xx
Noun
make good
//
Phrase, Verb
cut down
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
downplaying
/xx
Noun
able
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
abundant
x/x
Adjective
accessible
x/xx
Adjective
accompany
x/xx
Verb
advance
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
affluent
/xx
Adjective, Noun
all
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
alone
x/
Adverb, Adjective
amenable
x/xx
Adjective
an
/
Noun
angle
/x
Noun, Verb
apace
x/
Adverb
arduous
/xx
Adjective
arise
x/
Verb, Noun
ascend
x/
Verb
at ease
//
Phrase, Verb
automobile
/xxx
Noun, Verb, Adjective
available
x/xx
Adjective
away
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
awkward
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
babble
/x
Noun, Verb
bang
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
bare
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
basic
/x
Adjective, Noun
be
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
beat
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
beautiful
/xx
Adjective, Noun
become
x/
Verb
beep
/
Noun, Verb
begin
x/
Verb, Noun
believe
x/
Verb
belong
x/
Verb
benefit
/xx
Noun, Verb
better
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
between
x/
Noun
billow
/x
Noun, Verb
birr
/
Noun, Verb
blare
/
Noun, Verb
blend
/
Noun, Verb
blend in
/x
Phrase, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
blow out
//
Phrase, Verb
bluff
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
boom
/
Noun, Verb
bounce
/
Verb, Noun
bourne
/
Name
break
/
Verb, Noun
break down
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
breeze
/
Noun, Verb
bright
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
bubble
/x
Noun, Verb
burn out
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
buy
/
Verb, Noun
buy it
//
Phrase, Verb
buy the farm
/x/
Phrase, Verb
buzz
/
Noun, Verb
calm
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
can
/
Verb, Noun
career
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
carry
/x
Verb, Noun
cast
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
castle
/x
Noun, Verb
casual
/xx
Adjective, Noun
centralized
/xx
Adjective
challenge
/x
Noun, Verb
change
/
Noun, Verb
chatter
/x
Noun, Verb
cheap
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
check
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
chill
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
chime
/
Noun, Verb
chink
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
choke
/
Verb, Noun
chug
/
Noun, Verb
circle
/x
Noun, Verb
circuit
/x
Noun, Verb
circulate
/xx
Verb
clang
/
Noun, Verb
clank
/
Noun, Verb
clear
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
click
/
Verb, Noun
clink
/
Noun, Verb
clop
/
Noun, Verb
clump
/
Noun, Verb
clunk
/
Noun, Verb
collection
x/x
Noun
come
/
Verb, Noun
come back
//
Phrase, Verb
come down
//
Phrase, Verb
come on
//
Phrase, Verb
come up
//
Phrase, Verb
comfortable
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
comfy
/x
Adjective
compare
x/
Verb, Noun
compatible
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
complex
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
complicated
/xxx
Adjective
conceived
x/
Verb
concessional
x/xx
Adjective
conducive
x/x
Adjective
conk out
//
Phrase, Verb
conspicuous
x/xx
Adjective
continue
x/x
Verb, Noun
control
x/
Noun, Verb
convenience
x/x
Noun, Verb
convenient
x/x
Adjective
cool
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
counting
/x
Noun
crack
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
crash
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
crawl
/
Verb, Noun
creep
/
Verb, Noun
croak
/
Noun, Verb
cruise
/
Noun, Verb
crump
/
Name, Verb, Adjective
crunch
/
Noun, Verb
cushy
/x
Adjective
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
decease
x/
Noun, Verb
decentralized
x/xx
Adjective
depart
x/
Verb, Noun
derail
x/
Verb, Noun
descend
x/
Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
difficile
/xx
Adjective
difficult
/xx
Adjective, Verb
din
/
Noun, Verb
distribution
xx/x
Noun
do
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
double
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
drag
/
Verb, Noun
drag out
//
Phrase, Verb
draw
/
Verb, Noun
draw back
//
Phrase, Verb
drift
/
Noun, Verb
drive
/
Noun, Verb
drone
/
Noun, Verb
drown
/
Verb, Noun
drum
/
Noun, Verb
duh
/
Verb
easier
/xx
Adverb
easily
/xx
Adverb
echo
/x
Noun, Verb
elementary
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
embark
x/
Verb
endure
x/
Verb
err
/
Verb
evident
/xx
Adjective
exit
/x
Noun, Verb
expire
x/
Verb
extend
x/
Verb, Noun
facile
/x
Adjective
facilitate
x/xx
Verb
facility
x/xx
Noun
fail
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
fall
/
Verb, Noun
far
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
fare
/
Noun, Verb
fast
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
feasible
/xx
Adjective
feat
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
feel
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
ferry
/x
Noun, Verb
fit
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
fitzgerald
x/x
Name
flat
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
fling
/
Verb, Noun
float
/
Noun, Verb
flock
/
Noun, Verb
fly
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
follow
/x
Verb, Noun
forge
/
Verb, Noun
forth
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
free
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb