If something unpleasant or annoying eases off, it becomes less unpleasant or annoying
To give something less effort or energy, especially when you have been working very hard
To go more slowly, especially when you are driving or running fast
Ease off a bit as you go round the bend.
If she doesn’t ease off at work, she’ll make herself ill.
If the rain eases off overnight, we’ll leave in the morning.
The pain should ease off after a couple of hours.
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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