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lighten the load |
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lighten someone's/the load to make a difficult or upsetting situation easier to deal with. Anyway, we'll be getting a temp in next month to do some of this work so that should lighten your load. |
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Sometimes, on the wider stretches of road, Saxon drove and Billy walked to lighten the load. As aeronauts lighten the load they carry, when they wish to rise, similarly Durdles has lightened the wicker bottle in coming up. I said it would lighten the load of his life - I hope it will |
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