set/put sb's mind at rest/ease
Definition
C1 to stop someone from worrying about something: Chris phoned to say they'd arrived safely, so that really put my mind at rest.Reassuring
(Definition of set/put sb's mind at rest/ease from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- blandishments noun
- calm (sb) down phrasal verb
- calm verb
- comfort verb
- comforting adjective
- consolation noun
- convince verb
- emollient adjective
- get (sth) through (to sb) phrasal verb
- hearten verb
- heartened adjective
- heartening adjective
- lift noun (MAKE HAPPY)
- lift verb (MAKE HAPPY)
- lighten verb (MAKE/BECOME LESS SERIOUS)
- no news is good news idiom
- reassurance noun
- reassuring adjective
- satisfy verb (BELIEVING)
- they should worry! idiom
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