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Idiom
Take the edge off.
To reduce the effect of something, usually something unpleasant.
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On its own it has little flavor, but it is helpful for mopping up, and taking the edge off, the omnipresent chile peppers.
We are "taking the edge off".
By numbing, Dr. Brown is referring to "taking the edge off".
Despite its reputation for "taking the edge off," don't expect a beer to relax someone who is struggling with an anxiety or panic disorder.
"I guess, it [Entonox] sort of, just sort of taking the edge off, giving you something to, you know con, not concentrate on, but, but still maintaining… that you know, that you do what you think you have to do and, and it's still in your control".
Many riders said they enjoyed the musicians on the platforms, taking the edge off their commute.
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"It'll take the edge off".
It takes the edge off somehow.
"It really takes the edge off," he said.
Xanax took the edge off, but no other drugs worked.
It takes the edge off, he had told me.
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