at ease

Meaning

1. Oxford60% of films

   relaxed and confident and not nervous or embarrassed

2. Oxford40% of films

   used as a command to soldiers to tell them to stand with their feet apart and their hands behind their backs

In the movies · 29

• I feel kind of ill at ease. Like...Barbie2023
• And I want to put you all at ease.The Godfather Part II1974
• MABEL SLOANE HERE SAYS SHE FOUND ANOTHER ONE OF THEM BIG MANILA ENVELOPES COME THROUGH HERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, THAT'S ALL.Anne of Avonlea1987
• At ease, soldier.Loving Vincent2017
• At ease, Officer.Deadpool 22018
• At ease, soldier. They're neutralized.Toy Story 32010
• Thanks, guys. At ease!Wreck-It Ralph2012
• At ease, gentlemen.Good Will Hunting1997

Learn it in full scenes

• Barbie2023
  • Barbie Rewrites the Doll Story
  • Barbie's Perfect Day in Barbie Land
  • Ken Beaches Off and Gets Hurt
• Wreck-It Ralph2012
  • Ralph's Opening Monologue
  • Ralph Shows Up to Bad-Anon
  • Ralph Crashes the Anniversary Party
• Good Will Hunting1997
  • Will Fights Carmine
  • Will Shuts Down a Harvard Grad Student
  • Lambeau Tracks Down Will

From the same entry

• put at ease
• ill at ease
• put mind at ease
• ease into
• ease off
• ease out
• ease up

More idioms

• a step ahead
• a straight face
• all things considered
• cut corners
• to start with
• drop the ball
• breathe down neck
• no harm done
• lord
• run for it
• make sick
• what has got into