easy

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FREE AND EASY,

GET OFF EASY,

ON EASY STREET,

TAKE IT EASY or GO EASY or TAKE THINGS EASY.

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take it easy

[take it easy] {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. or [go easy] or [take things easy] To go or act slowly, carefully, and gently. - Often used with "on". * /Take it […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

easy come, easy go

[easy come, easy go] {truncated sent.}, {informal} Something you get quickly and easily may be lost or spent just as easily. * /Grandfather thought Billy should have to work for […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

free and easy

[free and easy] {adj.} Not strict; relaxed or careless. * /The teacher was free and easy with his students./ * /He had a free and easy way of acting that […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

on easy street

[on easy street] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Having enough money to live very comfortably; rather rich. * /After years of hard work, the Grants found themselves on easy street./ * /Jim's […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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