ease off

Meaning

1. to become or make sth become less strong, unpleasant, etc.

   We waited until the traffic had eased off.

In the movies · 6

• Ease off, Rex. He hasn't flown for years.Airplane!1980
• That evening when I got home, my nerves had eased off.Double Indemnity1944
• - Ease off on the gas, Lucy. - Oh, criminy!Miracle Mile1989
• Ease off on that, big bro.Atlas Shrugged: Part I2011
• All right, you can ease off the attitude now.Sing 22021
• Try and ease off on the brake.The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!1988
• - Jesus. - I'm gonna kill your family, and then they're - gonna come alive... - Ease off the sugar, huh?Good Boys2019

Learn it in full scenes

• Airplane!1980
  • The White Zone vs the Red Zone
  • Elaine Leaves Ted at the Airport
  • Ted Meets Elaine on the Plane
• Double Indemnity1944
  • Walter Meets Phyllis
  • Neff Flirts With Phyllis
  • Keyes Busts Garlopis's Fake Claim
• Atlas Shrugged: Part I2011
  • Dagny Defies James Over Rearden Metal
  • Dagny and Rearden's Metal Deal
  • Rearden Gives Lillian a Metal Gift

From the same entry

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