go easy on

Strongest matches

• acquit
• exempt
• exonerate
• forgive
• pardon
• relieve
• vindicate

Strong matches

• bleach
• clear
• discharge
• exculpate
• excuse
• free
• launder
• liberate
• loose
• release
• sanitize
• spare
• spring
• whitewash

Weak matches

• blink at
• let off
• let off easy
• let off the hook
• let up on
• lifeboat
• set free
• wink at
• wipe it off
• wipe the slate clean
• write off

Strongest matches

• hoard
• maintain
• preserve
• safeguard
• sustain
• take care of

Strong matches

• keep
• nurse
• scrimp
• skimp
• squirrel
• stash
• steward
• support

Weak matches

• cut back
• cut down on
• sock away
• squirrel away
• store up
• use sparingly

Strongest matches

• excuse
• exonerate
• free
• spare

Strong matches

• clear
• discharge
• dispense
• except
• liberate
• release

Weak matches

• grant immunity
• let off
• let off the hook
• pass by
• privilege from
• wipe the slate
• write off

Strongest matches

• entertain
• nourish
• pamper
• satiate
• satisfy
• spoil
• take care of
• tickle

Strong matches

• allow
• baby
• cater
• coddle
• cosset
• delight
• favor
• foster
• gratify
• humor
• mollycoddle
• oblige
• pander
• pet
• please
• regale
• yield

Weak matches

• give in
• give rein to
• go along
• spoil rotten

Strongest matches

• clear
• deliver
• discharge
• drop
• free
• issue
• leak
• surrender

Strong matches

• absolve
• acquit
• commute
• disengage
• dispense
• emancipate
• exculpate
• excuse
• exempt
• exonerate
• extricate
• liberate
• loose
• loosen
• manumit
• spring
• unbind
• unchain
• undo
• unfasten
• unleash
• unloose
• untie
• vent
• yield

Weak matches

• bail out
• cast loose
• give off
• give out
• let off
• let off steam
• let up on
• open up
• set at large
• set free
• set loose
• take out
• turn loose
• turn out
• unfetter
• unshackle
• wipe the slate clean

Strongest matches

• acquiesce
• capitulate
• cave in
• come around
• comply
• ease off
• give in
• give up
• let go
• quit
• relax
• slacken
• soften
• subside

Strong matches

• drop
• ease
• ebb
• fall
• fold
• forbear
• melt
• moderate
• slow
• wane
• weaken
• yield

Weak matches

• be merciful
• change one's mind
• cool it
• cry uncle
• die away
• ease up on
• give quarter
• give some slack
• give way
• go along with
• have mercy
• have pity
• lay back
• let it happen
• lighten up
• mellow out
• say uncle
• show mercy

Strongest matches

• excuse
• exempt
• leave
• pardon
• refrain from

Strong matches

• absolve
• discharge
• dispense
• forbear
• pity
• release
• relent
• spring

Weak matches

• bail out
• be lenient
• be merciful
• get off the hook
• get out of hock
• give a break
• give quarter to
• let go
• let off
• privilege from
• pull out of the fire
• relieve from
• save bacon
• save from
• save neck

Strongest match

• scrimp

Strong matches

• begrudge
• confine
• define
• grudge
• limit
• penny-pinch
• pinch
• restrain
• save
• scrape
• spare
• squirrel
• stash
• withhold

Weak matches

• be frugal
• be parsimonious
• be sparing
• be stingy
• cut corners
• make ends meet
• roll back
• save for rainy day
• skimp on
• sock away
• tighten belt