Meaning

3 senses
  1. (informal)To treat gently and with understanding.

    Go easy! I'm sensitive!

    Hey! Go easy on him!

  2. (informal)To let off the hook, to baby.

    Go easy on him. He's still just a kid.

  3. (informal)To use sparingly or carefully.

    Go easy on the sunscreen.

    Go easy with that chainsaw!

Examples

153 sentences
  1. It isn't going to be easy.

    Це буде непросто.

    ruЭто будет нелегко.

    deDas wird nicht leicht sein.

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  2. This isn't going to be easy.

    Це не буде легко.

    ruЭто будет нелегко.

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  3. This is not going to be easy.

    Це не буде легко.

    ruЭто будет нелегко.

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  4. Who said it was going to be easy?

    Хто сказав, що буде просто?

    deWer sagte, dass es leicht würde?

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  5. It's not going to be easy to do this.

    Зробити це буде непросто.

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Translations

4 languages

Forms

goes easy, going easy, went easy, gone easy
Base formgo easy · to go easy
3rd person singulargoes easy
Present participlegoing easy
Past simplewent easy
Past participlegone easy

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygo easy
he, she, itgoes easy

Past simpleLesson

all personswent easy

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave gone easy
he, she, ithas gone easy

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill go easy

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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