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Phrase(s): ease someone out of something [and] ease someone out
1. Lit. to get someone out of something carefully. • The paramedics eased the injured man out of the wreckage. • Please ease out the patient carefully. 2. Fig. to get someone out of an office or position quietly and without much embarrassment. • We eased the sheriff out of office without a fight. • The board eased out the chairman by offering him a huge bonus.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs