easy does it

by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[easy does it] {informal} Let's do it carefully, without sudden movements and without forcing too hard or too fast; let's try to just hard enough but not too hard.

* /"Easy does it," said the boss as they moved the piano through the narrow doorway./

Compare: TAKE IT EASY.

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	{informal} ¹⁴⁰¹

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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