go easy with (someone)

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go easy with (someone)

To be lenient with someone, especially after they've done something that could justify a punishment or scolding. Go easy with your little brother, will you? He didn't mean to break the window. I thought the coach was going to scream at me after I lost the game, but he actually went pretty easy with me.
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