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What need to look to right or left when you are swallowing up free mile after mile of dizzying road?
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEMost of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNESome weeks after, the creditor chanced to be in Boston, and in walking up Tremont street, encountered his enterprising friend.
THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUSIn less than ten minutes, the bivouac was broken up, and our little army on the march.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSThe bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.
PHYSIOLOGY OF THE OPERAJOHN H. SWABY (AKA "SCRICI")I was busy loading the piece when an exclamation of surprise from one of the men made me look up.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSEven as they gazed they saw its roof caught up, and whirled off as if it had been a scroll of paper.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNEShe sat straight up in bed, and jerked her hands to her head, and screamed long and terribly.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXA flash of surprise and pleasure lit the fine eyes of the haughty beauty perched up there on the palace wall.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYWhen we'd finished, one of the hunters rounded up the horses and we caught our nags and saddled them.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRSYNONYM OF THE DAY
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO EASE UP
- abating
- absolving
- alleviating
- amnestying
- canceling
- condoning
- decreasing
- deferring
- delaying
- desisting
- diminishing
- dwindling
- easing up
- excusing
- exonerating
- falling away
- forbearing
- forgiving
- halting
- holding off
- holding up
- intermiting
- mitigating
- moderating
- modifying
- modulating
- pardoning
- proroguing
- putting off
- reducing
- relaxing
- releasing
- repealing
- reprieving
- rescinding
- respiting
- shelving
- sinking
- slackening
- slacking
- softening
- staying
- suspending
- waning
- weakening
- be at ease
- be comfortable
- breathe
- compose oneself
- doze
- dream
- drowse
- ease off
- ease up
- idle
- laze
- lean
- let down
- let up
- lie by
- lie down
- lie still
- loaf
- loll
- lounge
- nap
- nod
- put feet up
- recline
- refresh oneself
- relax
- repose
- sit down
- slack
- slack off
- slacken
- slumber
- snooze
- spell
- stretch out
- take a break
- take a nap
- take five
- take it easy
- take life easy
- take ten
- take time out
- unbend
- unlax
- unwind
- wind down
- abate
- anchor it
- back-water
- bog down
- brake
- check
- choke
- curb
- curtail
- cut back
- cut down
- decelerate
- decrease
- detain
- diminish
- ease off
- ease up
- embog
- handicap
- hinder
- hit the brakes
- hold back
- hold up
- impede
- keep waiting
- lag
- lessen
- let down flaps
- loiter
- lose speed
- lose steam
- mire
- moderate
- postpone
- procrastinate
- qualify
- quiet
- reduce
- reduce speed
- reef
- regulate
- rein in
- relax
- retard
- retardate
- set back
- slacken
- stall
- stunt
- temper
- wind down
- abated
- anchored it
- back-watered
- bogged down
- braked
- checked
- choked
- curbed
- curtailed
- cut back
- cut down
- decelerated
- decreased
- detained
- diminished
- eased off
- eased up
- embogged
- handicapped
- held back
- held up
- hindered
- hit the brakes
- impeded
- kept waited
- lagged
- lessened
- let down flaps
- loitered
- lost speed
- lost steam
- mired
- moderated
- postponed
- procrastinated
- qualified
- quieted
- reduced
- reduced speed
- reefed
- regulated
- reined in
- relaxed
- retardated
- retarded
- set back
- slackened
- stalled
- stunted
- tempered
- wound down
- abating
- anchoring it
- back-watering
- bogging down
- braking
- checking
- choking
- curbing
- curtailing
- cutting back
- cutting down
- decelerating
- decreasing
- detaining
- diminishing
- easing off
- easing up
- embogging
- handicapping
- hindering
- hitting the brakes
- holding back
- holding up
- impeding
- keeping waiting
- lagging
- lessening
- letting down flaps
- loitering
- losing speed
- losing steam
- miring
- moderating
- postponing
- procrastinating
- qualifying
- quieting
- reducing
- reducing speed
- reefing
- regulating
- reining in
- relaxing
- retardating
- retarding
- setting back
- slackening
- stalling
- stunting
- tempering
- winding down
- abate
- adulterate
- break up
- cripple
- crumble
- cut
- debase
- debilitate
- decline
- decrease
- depress
- devitalize
- dilute
- diminish
- droop
- dwindle
- ease up
- enervate
- exhaust
- fade
- fail
- faint
- flag
- give way
- halt
- impair
- impoverish
- invalidate
- languish
- lessen
- limp
- lose
- lose spirit
- lower
- minimize
- mitigate
- moderate
- reduce
- relapse
- relax
- sap
- slow down
- soften
- temper
- thin
- thin out
- tire
- totter
- tremble
- undermine
- vitiate
- wane
- water down
- wilt
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- crumbling
- cutting
- debasing
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- depressing
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- diluting
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- drooping
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- enervating
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- failing
- fainting
- flagging
- giving way
- halting
- impairing
- impoverishing
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- languishing
- lessening
- limping
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- lowering
- minimizing
- mitigating
- moderating
- reducing
- relapsing
- relaxing
- sapping
- slowing down
- softening
- tempering
- thin out
- thinning
- tiring
- tottering
- trembling
- undermining
- vitiating
- waning
- water down
- wilting
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