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ease off

verb as in unwind

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At the outset of the trip, Mr Barber said he was hoping that avian flu had "eased off", after a "quite disastrous" impact on the swan population.

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While the storms are expected to occur for much of the day, they will ease off in the west from mid-afternoon.

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At the same time central banks would ease off their buying spree, while other short-term pressures stimulating demand would subside, bringing prices down.

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Doncic scored 21 points in the quarter, including nine in the first three minutes, to give the Lakers a lead that grew to 30 in the second half before they fully eased off the gas.

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When we got close, McGinnis would call out which direction the shark was facing, and Lowe would ease off the throttle so we could quietly glide up behind the shark.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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