take the easy way out

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to end a difficult situation by choosing the simplest solution even if it is not the best one

   [KNOCKlNG ON DOOR]

   " "To him, it was a metaphor for the decay of contemporary culture. " "The same lack of integrity to cause so many people to take the easy way out...

In the movies · 3

• [KNOCKlNG ON DOOR]The Notebook2004
• " "To him, it was a metaphor for the decay of contemporary culture. " "The same lack of integrity to cause so many people to take the easy way out...Manhattan1979

Learn it in full scenes

• Manhattan1979
  • The Drowning Question at Dinner
  • Isaac and Yale Talk About an Affair
  • Isaac Sends Tracy Home

From the same entry

• as easy as anything pie ABC
• easy money
• easy on the ear
• have an easy time
• I'm easy
• of easy virtue
• on easy street
• free and easy
• the soft option
• within reach
• have a rough easy ride
• an easy soft touch

More idioms

• the half of it
• stay put
• all at once
• that makes two of us
• for the moment
• don't tell me
• get moving
• thumbs up
• hit the road
• watch your mouth
• give five
• get a load of