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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.
The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context
As aeronauts lighten the load they carry, when they wish to rise, similarly Durdles has lightened the wicker bottle in coming up.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Dickens, Charles View in context
I said it would lighten the load of his life - I hope it will
David Copperfield by Dickens, Charles View in context
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