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Phrase(s): take it easy on something
Fig. to use less of something (rather than more). • Take it easy on the soup. There’s just enough for one serving for each person. • Please take it easy! There are hardly any left., Phrase(s): take it easy on someone , something, or an animal
to be gentle on someone, something, or an animal. (See also Take it easy!; take it easy on something.) • Take it easy on Mary. She’s been sick. • Please take it easy on the furniture. It has to last us many years.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs