go easy
Example Sentences
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“It might sound funny, I know. But I try to go easy on the external validation. I pause when Teddy asks whether I like something he’s working on —ask him questions about his process instead. I want him to feel good about himself even without praise from other people.”
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“Since this is the first run, we want to go easy on the sub. We’ll head out from shore and go twenty feet down, make a circle and come back.”
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“But maybe you should go easy on our oxygen supply.”
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“Go easy on Clara,” Kumu Maka says.
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“Just an idea, but if you can explain the science behind the Ketchup Rocket, maybe Espinosa’ll go easy on you.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.