ease off
verb
1 ease off
Become less intense.
synonyms: ease up, flag, slacken off.
Roget 279:
alter one's course,
deviate,
depart from,
turn,
trend;
bend,
curve
etc.
245;
swerve,
heel,
bear off;
gybe†,
wear.
intervert†;
deflect;
divert,
divert from its course;
put on a new scent,
shift,
shunt,
draw aside,
crook,
warp.
stray,
straggle;
sidle;
diverge
etc.
291;
tralineate†;
digress,
wander;
wind,
twist,
meander;
veer,
tack;
divagate;
sidetrack;
turn aside,
turn a corner,
turn away from;
wheel,
steer clear of;
ramble,
rove,
drift;
go astray,
go adrift;
yaw,
dodge;
step aside,
ease off,
make way for,
shy.
fly off at a tangent;
glance off;
wheel about,
face about;
turn to the right about,
face to the right about;
waddle
etc.
(oscillate)
314;
go out of one's way
etc.
(perform a circuit)
629;
lose one's way.
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2 ease off
Moby thesaurus: abate, arrest, avert, backpedal, backwater, bate, bear off, brake, check, clip the wings, curb, decelerate, delay, detain, die down, diffuse, disjoin, disperse, draw aside, draw rein, ease, ease up, ebb, edge off, fall, fly off, free, gee, glance, glance off, go off, haw, head off, hold back, hold in check, hold up, impede, jib, keep back, lax, let down, let go, let up, let up on, loose, loosen, loosen up, lose ground, lose momentum, lose speed, make way for, mitigate, moderate, move aside, obstruct, reef, rein in, relax, relent, remit, retard, scatter, set back, sheer off, shove aside, shunt, shy, shy off, side, sidestep, sidetrack, sidle, slack, slack off, slack up, slacken, slake, slow, slow down, slow up, stay, steer clear of, step aside, subside, switch, take in sail, throttle down, turn aside, turn away, turn back, unbend, unbrace, unglue, unlax, unleash, unstick, unstrain, unstring, untighten, unwind, veer off, wane ... show more.
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