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take the load off
Idioms and Phrases
Sit down, relax, as in I wish you'd take some time and take the load off . A shortening of take the load off one's feet , this colloquial phrase dates from about 1940. It is sometimes put as take a load off .Example Sentences
Ideally, you’d find a player who can take the load off in the regular season to keep Paul fresh for the playoffs.
Horner said Ricciardo was joining to help take the load off the race drivers in areas such as marketing - such as show-car runs and events - and would also be used to progress car development on the simulator.
“We’ve got a hell of an opportunity, hell of a chance. Why get out there and rely on somebody else to make the play? I want to make the play. Aaron Donald wants to make the play. Jalen Ramsey wants to make the play. … We’ve got all these guys that are stepping up to take the load off everybody else.”
Most important — at least in the games he plays — Irving offers the Nets a reliable option to take the load off James Harden and Durant.
The Bruins needed someone to take the load off Charisma Osborne.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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