ease along

ease (someone or something) along

1. To help someone who has trouble moving to proceed, slowly and carefully. Ease grandma along because she's still a bit unsteady with her walker.
2. To physically move something slowly and carefully. It took us a while to load the van because we had to ease all the expensive artwork along so we didn't scratch it.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

ease someone or something along

to help someone or something to move along, very carefully. Just ease the piano along little by little. She eased the shy child along.
See also: ease
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • ease (someone or something) along
  • be intimate with (someone)
  • get intimate with (someone)
  • at all times
  • as large as life
  • be/go weak at the knees
  • go weak at the knees
  • go weak in the knees
  • weak in the knees
  • fixed in (one's) ways
References in classic literature
The path was beaten so hard that the gentle female, who made one of the party, moved with ease along its windings; though the frost emitted a low creaking at the impression of even her light footsteps.
Pioneers
sprinkling of ethos and marquee would ease along Booth Kristiansund had started with some promise and threatened to call De Gea into proper action.
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As the industry keeps shifting toward more personalized, usage-based and on-demand insurance options, the ability to communicate effectively and make claimants feel at ease along the way will be a key differentiator for top-performing insurers."
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Carrying a bow-mounted buck decoy, his plan was to ease along the outside edge of the slough to a point with a good field of view, then give a couple soft grunts in hopes the buck would at least stand up.
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In Northwest Florida there are unlimited places to ease along quietly with a light and flounder gig.
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Shoppers can shop at ease along the shaded road in a refreshing atmosphere amid water fountains, children play grounds and tracks for those of special needs.
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Hack Aryeh Deri's database.' Thank God, we received a report, and the prime minister's mind was put at ease along with everyone else's."
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Southerly winds would ease along the NSW coast and turn more south easterly during the day.
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Sure, you must ease along like a snail in near proximity to game, but it is usually best to close the gap quickly when you see an animal several hundreds yards away.
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While these roads are expected to be clogged with traffic as Christmas approaches, the city government expects traffic to ease along Taft Avenue starting Dec.
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During her first pregnancy, she was often spotted flaunting various designer cut dresses with extraordinary ease along with the baby bump.
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Don't stir the pot and cause a fuss, Ease along, be magnanimous, And as your eyes peruse this text, You may well ask, what comes next?
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"They got on really well on Saturday, and had a couple of schnapps, which helped ease along the conversation."
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Nine years and two months, July 1971, I progressed in my Apprenticeship to making small Cocks, not yet qualified to attempt The skyscraper trams you made With fluent, absent Ease along the headlands, I kept to my designated area In the middle, lighter ranks.
Cocking Hay