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1. Move in order to make room for someone or something
   "'ease up,' he told the crowd";
   - move over, give way, give, yield
    
2. Become less intense
   - ease off, slacken off, flag
    
3. Reduce pressure or intensity
   "he eased up the gas pedal and the car slowed down";
   - ease off, let up

Derived forms: eases up, eased up, easing up

Type of: alter, change, decrease, diminish, fall, lessen, modify, move