take it easy

From take easy + it.

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take it easy (third-person singular simple present takes it easy, present participle taking it easy, simple past took it easy, past participle taken it easy)

1. (informal, idiomatic) To relax or rest.

   Synonym: chill

   I'm going to stay home Saturday and take it easy.

   Take it easy, it's just a game!

   • 1956 February, W. A. Tuplin, “Hot Work on a "Star"”, in Railway Magazine, page 94:

     As she goes, you have a wash yourself, and although you will have to change your clothes to get rid of all the coal-dust, you are glad of soap and water and take it easy at last.

2. (informal) Synonym of go easy (“treat gently and with understanding”) [with on ‘someone’]

• take easy

• → Finnish: ottaa iisisti (partial calque)

take it easy

1. (informal) A farewell.

   Synonyms: so long, take care

   I'm going home now. Take it easy.

• have it easy