go easy

1. go easy with or on ; go light on . Use sparingly, as in Go easy with the makeup; a little lipstick is enough , or Go light on the salt . [ Colloquial ; early 1900s]

2. Act or proceed with caution, as in Go easy moving that bookcase , or Go easy on the subject of layoffs . [Late 1800s] Also see easy does it ; take it easy .

Example Sentences

In the context of a post–Jan. 6 world where democracy is really teetering and you don’t want to have rulings from the Supreme Court that encourage corruption, my presumption had been that if they were mindful of that context they might come to the conclusion that maybe this is not the time to go easy on corruption.

From Slate

When he came to us, Barbara Beck and I were told to go easy on this new guy they were bringing in.

From Los Angeles Times

“It’s not like we won a championship and now we’re going to go easy. I like that we still want to compete and we still want to be better.”

From Seattle Times

Given there is no UK equivalent of ChatGPT, and in order to avoid another situation in which - as with other areas of tech - all of the industry giants are clustered elsewhere, the Lords committee seems to be essentially warning the country to go easy on the red tape.

From BBC

Courtney Alev, a consumer financial advocate for Credit Karma, recommends you go easy on yourself.

From Seattle Times