take it easy

verb

To relax or rest.

“Take it easy, it's just a game!”

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chilllazego easyso longtake caresit back
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Meanings

verbtake it easy (third-person singular simple present takes it easy, present participle taking it easy, simple past took it easy, past participle taken it easy)

present singular third person takes it easy · participle present taking it easy · past took it easy · participle past taken it easy

  1. idiomaticinformalTo relax or rest.

    Take it easy, it's just a game!

    2 more examples

    I'm going to stay home Saturday and take it easy.

    As she goes, you have a wash yourself, and although you will have to change your clothes to get rid of all the coal-dust, you are glad of soap and water and take it easy at last.

    1956 February, W. A. Tuplin, “Hot Work on a "Star"”, in Railway Magazine, page 94

    Synonyms: chill, laze

  2. informalSynonym of go easy (“treat gently and with understanding”)

    Synonyms: go easy

interjection
  1. informalA farewell.

    I'm going home now. Take it easy.

    Synonyms: so long, take care

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo relax or rest.

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chilllaze

verbSynonym of go easy (“treat gently and with understanding”)

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go easy

interjectionA farewell.

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so longtake care

More synonyms by meaning

verbsettle into a comfortable sitting position

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sit back
Broader
relaxloosen upunbend
Also see
go easykick backlazesit backswear

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From take easy + it.

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Translations

Arabic لَا تَهْتَم
  • لَا تَهْتَم (lā tahtam)relax (imperative)
Catalan tranquil, tranquil·la
  • tranquilrelax
  • tranquil·larelax
Chinese Mandarin 休息, 放鬆 /放松
  • 休息 (xiūxi)relax
  • 放鬆 /放松 (fàngsōng)relax
  • 放心 (fàngxīn)relax (imperative)
  • 拜拜 (báibái)farewell
Dutch kalm aan, doe rustig
  • kalm aanrelax (imperative)
  • doe rustigrelax (imperative)
Esperanto senstreĉiĝi
  • senstreĉiĝirelax
Finnish rentoutua, levätä
  • rentoutuarelax
  • levätärelax
  • ottaa iisistirelax
  • rauhoittuarelax (imperative)
  • ota iisistifarewell
French y aller doucement, vas-y doucement
  • y aller doucementrelax
  • vas-y doucementrelax (imperative)
  • allons-y doucementrelax (imperative)
  • allez-y doucementrelax (imperative)
German sich entspannen, nimm's leicht
  • sich entspannenrelax
  • nimm's leichtrelax (imperative)
  • nur keine Hektikrelax (imperative)
  • mach's gutfarewell
Hungarian lazít, nyugalom
  • lazítrelax
  • nyugalomrelax (imperative)
  • nyugirelax (imperative)
  • ne húzd fel magadrelax (imperative)
  • ne izguljrelax (imperative)
  • ne aggódjrelax (imperative)
Japanese 落ち着いてください, あわてないでください
  • 落ち着いてください (ochitsuite kudasai)relax (imperative)
  • あわてないでください (awatenaide kudasai)relax (imperative)
Korean 진정하십시오, 침착하십시오
  • 진정하십시오 (jinjeonghasipsio)relax (imperative)
  • 침착하십시오 (chimchakhasipsio)relax (imperative)
Latin ōtior
  • ōtiorrelax
Norwegian ta det rolig
  • ta det roligrelax
Persian بیخیال
  • بیخیال (bixiyâl)relax (imperative)
Polish wyluzować się, wyluzuj!
  • wyluzować sięrelax
  • wyluzuj!relax (imperative)
  • trzymaj się!farewell
Portuguese sossegar, pega leve
  • sossegarrelax
  • pega leverelax (imperative)
  • calmarelax (imperative)
Russian расслабля́ться, рассла́биться
  • расслабля́ться (rasslabljátʹsja)relax
  • рассла́биться (rasslábitʹsja)relax
  • не принима́йте бли́зко к се́рдцу (ne prinimájte blízko k sérdcu)relax (imperative)
  • не волну́йтесь (ne volnújtesʹ)relax (imperative)
Scottish Gaelic gabh socair
  • gabh socairrelax
Swedish ta det lugnt, lugna ner dig
  • ta det lugntrelax
  • lugna ner digrelax (imperative)
  • ta det lugntrelax (imperative)
  • ha detfarewell
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APA

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Chicago

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