Wednesday, 6 July 2011

‘Lighten up’

When you tell someone to lighten up, you are asking them to relax. In other words, you are telling them to take it easy. To calm down.

Examples: ”You don’t have to shout at her so much. All she did was ask you an innocent question. You need to lighten up.”

Source: S. Upendran, The Hindu ‘Know Your English’ Series, February 13, 2006

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