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Verb ease up has 3 senses
- move over, give way, give, ease up, yield - move in order to make room for someone for something; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd"
--1 is one way to move
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- ease up, ease off, slacken off, flag - become less intense
--2 is one way to decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- ease up, ease off, let up - reduce pressure or intensity; "he eased off the gas pedal and the car slowed down"
--3 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
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