TAKE THE EASY WAY OUT

Meaning of TAKE THE EASY WAY OUT in English

to end a difficult situation by choosing the simplest solution even if it is not the best one

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

TAKE THE EASY WAY OUT — выбирать самый легкий путь; идти по линии наименьшего сопротивления
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TAKE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WAY — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a haphazard way/manner/fashion ▪ I continued my studies in a rather haphazard way. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WAY — I. ˈwā noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English way, wey, from Old English weg; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TAKE — I. ˈtāk transitive verb ( took ˈtu̇k, dial ˈtək ; or dialect tak·en ˈtākən sometimes -k ə ŋ ; taken …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OUT — I. |au̇t, usu |au̇d.+V adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ūt; akin to Old High German ūz out, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EASY
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WAY — way 1 — wayless , adj. /way/ , n. 1. manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TAKE — — takable, takeable , adj. — taker , n. /tayk/ , v. , took, taken, taking , n. v.t. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OUT — /owt/ , adv. 1. away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EASY — — easylike , adj. /ee"zee/ , adj., easier, easiest , adv. , n. adj. 1. not hard or difficult; requiring …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WAY — I. ˈwā noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English weg; akin to Old High German weg way, Old English wegan …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TAKE — I. ˈtāk verb ( took ˈtu̇k ; tak·en ˈtā-kən ; tak·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tacan, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OUT — I. ˈau̇t adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ūt; akin to Old High German ūz out, Greek hysteros later, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EASY — I. ˈē-zē adjective ( eas·i·er ; -est ) Etymology: Middle English esy, from Anglo-French eisé, aasié, past participle of eiser, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TAKE — p.p. taken. 2. take ·noun the quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time. 3. take ·vi to …
Webster English vocab
OUT — vt to come out with; to make known. 2. out ·vi to come or go out; to get out or …
Webster English vocab
EASY — vt moderate; sparing; frugal. 2. easy ·vt at ease; free from pain, trouble, or constraint. 3. easy ·vt not straitened …
Webster English vocab
WAY — [way] n [ME, fr. OE weg; akin to OHG weg way, OE wegan to move, L vehere to carry, via …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TAKE — [take] vb took ; tak.en ; tak.ing [ME, fr. OE tacan, fr. ON taka; akin to MD taken to take] …
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Merriam-Webster English vocab
EASY — [easy] adj eas.i.er ; -est [ME esy, fr. OF aaisie, pp. of aaisier to ease, fr. a- ad- (fr. L …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WAY — / weɪ; NAmE / noun , adverb ■ noun METHOD / STYLE 1. [ C ] way (to do sth) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TAKE — / teɪk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( took / tʊk; NAmE / taken / ˈteɪkən; NAmE /) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAY
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TAKE
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WAY — n. & adv. --n. 1 a road, track, path, etc., for passing along. 2 a course or route for reaching …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OUT — adv., prep., n., adj., int., & v. --adv. 1 away from or not in or at a place etc. (keep …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EASY — adj., adv., & int. (easier, easiest) --adj. 1 not difficult; achieved without great effort. 2 a free from pain, discomfort, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WAY — n. & adv. n. 1 a road, track, path, etc., for passing along. 2 a course or route for reaching …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TAKE — v. & n. v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OUT — adv., prep., n., adj., int., & v. adv. 1 away from or not in or at a place etc. (keep …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EASY — adj., adv., & int. (easier, easiest) adj. 1 not difficult; achieved without great effort. 2 a free from pain, discomfort, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WAY — n. & adv. --n. 1. a road, track, path, etc., for passing along. 2 a course or route for reaching …
Oxford English vocab
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1. tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Oxford English vocab
OUT — adv., prep., n., adj., int., & v. --adv. 1. away from or not in or at a place etc. (keep …
Oxford English vocab
EASY — adj., adv., & int. (easier, easiest) --adj. 1. not difficult; achieved without great effort. 2 a free from pain, discomfort, …
Oxford English vocab
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAY — ( ways) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you refer to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EASY — ( easier, easiest) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If a job …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EASY — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bit better/older/easier etc ▪ I feel a bit better now. a simple/easy matter …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EASY — (NOT DIFFICULT) [adjective], [adverb] - not difficult; not needing much effortShe looked through the exam paper trying to find an …
Cambridge English vocab
EASY — See: FREE AND EASY, GET OFF EASY, ON EASY STREET, TAKE IT EASY or GO EASY or TAKE THINGS EASY.
Slang English vocab
EASY — adj. Function: adjective 1 causing or involving little or no difficulty FF1C; an easy solution FF1E; Synonyms: effortless, facile, light, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
EASY — adjective 1. causing or involving little or no difficulty an easy solution Synonyms: effortless, facile, light, royal, simple, smooth, untroublesome …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
WAY — See ↑ DIRECTION 1, ↑ WAY 1,7,9 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a fair way/quite a way/a good way • ↑ a …
Longman Activator English vocab
WAY — INDEX: a way of doing something 1. a way or method of doing something 2. the correct way of doing …
Longman Activator English vocab
TAKE — INDEX: to take somebody or something from one place to another 1. to take someone or something from one place …
Longman Activator English vocab
EASY — See ↑ EASY 1,3 ◆◆◆ • ↑ go easy on • ↑ I'm easy • ↑ it is easy to …
Longman Activator English vocab
EASY — INDEX: 1. easy to do, use, or understand 2. to be very easy to do 3. an easy job or …
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
EASY — adj. 25B6; adjective the task was very easy : UNCOMPLICATED, undemanding, unchallenging, effortless, painless, trouble-free, facile, simple, straightforward, elementary, plain …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
EASY — adj. 1 simple, effortless, plain, clear, straightforward, hands down, uncomplicated, elementary, foolproof; easy as pie, easy as can be Feeding …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
EASY — See: FREE AND EASY, GET OFF EASY, ON EASY STREET, TAKE IT EASY or GO EASY or TAKE THINGS EASY.
Словарь английских идиом
WAY
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TAKE — 1. гл. 1) а) брать, взять б) захватывать, овладевать, схватить (с применением силы) to take as a prisoner ≈ взять …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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