rest easy

idiom

: to stop worrying about something : to not worry about something
I can rest easy knowing that he will be in charge.

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Gunn and Safran and all of Warner Bros can rest easy after the cynics’ snarking over the first trailer back in December. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 10 July 2025 But King was able to rest easy, because Winfrey was able to rest easy. Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 28 Apr. 2025 And animals could rest easy without the erratic boom of fireworks, which can trigger a startle response in domestic and farm animals ― and in humans, too. Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 5 July 2025 Fans can at least rest easy knowing that Green Bay did try to make a move. Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for rest easy

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“Rest easy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rest%20easy. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.

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