rest easy
idiom
: to stop worrying about something : to not worry about something
I can rest easy knowing that he will be in charge.
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Just keep them out of the end zone and the Broncos can rest easy in the second half.
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Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 5 Jan. 2025
With a few strokes of JFK’s pen, the NFL was effectively granted an exemption to the Sherman Antitrust Act and college football could rest easy knowing that the pros wouldn’t be allowed to get their grubby meat hooks on Saturdays in autumn.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 20 Dec. 2024
For fans who view replay as a bothersome interruption: rest easy — while out-safe and other review calls are currently reviewed by a team of umpires looking at slow-motion video to determine the right call, ABS is pretty straightforward: Did the tracker have the ball in the zone or not?
—Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
At least the owner can rest easy knowing someone else is looking after Shirley.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
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Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 5 Jan. 2025
With a few strokes of JFK’s pen, the NFL was effectively granted an exemption to the Sherman Antitrust Act and college football could rest easy knowing that the pros wouldn’t be allowed to get their grubby meat hooks on Saturdays in autumn.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 20 Dec. 2024
For fans who view replay as a bothersome interruption: rest easy — while out-safe and other review calls are currently reviewed by a team of umpires looking at slow-motion video to determine the right call, ABS is pretty straightforward: Did the tracker have the ball in the zone or not?
—Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
At least the owner can rest easy knowing someone else is looking after Shirley.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Rest easy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rest%20easy. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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