ease up

/iz əp/

Other forms: eased up; easing up; eases up

Definitions of ease up

1. verb

   reduce pressure or intensity
   synonyms: ease off, let up

   type of:

   alter, change, modify

   cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
2. verb

   become less intense
   synonyms: ease off, flag, slacken off

   type of:

   decrease, diminish, fall, lessen

   decrease in size, extent, or range
3. verb

   move in order to make room for someone for something
   synonyms: give, give way, move over, yield

   abandon, give up

   stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims

   type of:

   move

   move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion