AT EASE Definition & Meaning

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at ease

In a relaxed position in military ranks. The phrase is often used as a command for troops standing at attention to relax, as in At ease, squadron . The command stand at ease is slightly different. A British military dictionary of 1802 described it as standing with the right foot drawn back about six inches and one's weight put on it. An American version is to stand with one's feet slightly apart and the hands clasped behind one's back.
Also, at one's ease . Comfortable, relaxed, unembarrassed, as in I always feel at ease in my grandmother's house . The related idiom put at ease means “make comfortable, reassure,” as in I was worried that the letter would not arrive in time, but the postmaster put me at ease . [1300s] For the antonym, see ill at ease .

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He is at ease on a stage and often injects timely humour — but this was different.

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Initially trembling with nerves, Bridges says he felt increasingly at ease playing music with Dylan, finding him to be disarmingly down to earth.

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He recalls how the star had set him at ease and made him laugh with his "wicked sense of humour" when he was a nervous young actor on his first production.

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After working with a therapist, the children have slowly begun speaking about the abuse as they grew more at ease in their new home, playing softball and returning to school after an absence of several years, Fileto said.

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“She felt at ease there,” he said.

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