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Easy does it!

This page is about the idiom Easy does it!

INFORMAL

Meaning

You can say "Easy does it!" when you want someone to do something more carefully or more slowly.

For example

  • I was on the back of Suzie's motorbike and she was going really fast, so I said "Easy does it!"

  • Harry and John were carrying the sofa up the stairs, and we heard Harry yell "Easy does it!" ... and then they dropped it.

Quick Quiz

I was riding in a taxi, and I said "Easy does it!" to the driver because

a. we had arrived

b. he was going too slow

c. he was going too fast
a) we had arrived b) he was going too slow c) he was going too fast

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Contributor: Matt Errey