go easy
Verb
Meaning
(informal, intransitive, or transitive with on or with) To treat gently and with understanding.
Go easy! I'm sensitive!
Hey! Go easy on him!
(informal, intransitive, or transitive with on or with) To use sparingly or carefully.
Go easy on the sunscreen.
Go easy with that chainsaw!
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Being told by the IMF to go easy on austerity is like being told by the Spanish Inquisition to be more tolerant of heretics.
That was me under the bath and the water being held down. The director wanted it to look as real as possible so he told Keanu, in front of me, don't go easy on her. So it was scary.
I think I might have to place you under arrest for trespassing. But I always go easy on pretty girls who confess.
Everyone comes up to me saying, 'Cooee, Julie! Hello!' as if I know them. Of course I don't bloody know them. Am I flummoxed by it? Sometimes. I think, 'Ooh, love, go easy.' For a time, I did feel this pressure that I had to be funny, but it passes.
One should go easy on smashing other people's lies. Better to concentrate on one's own.
Cook toppings ahead of time as needed — sausage, onions and mushrooms, if they're very thick — and go easy on them, since too many toppings can make a soggy pizza.