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ease sb out

phrasal verb with ease
 
 
/iːz/ verb

Definition

to make someone leave a job or powerful position: The head teacher was eased out of his job after teachers and parents accused him of being autocratic.Firing staff and being fired
(Definition of ease sb out from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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