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free and easy
free and easy
casual. John is so free and easy. How can anyone be so relaxed? Now, take it easy. Just act free and easy. No one will know you're nervous.
free and easy
relaxed and informal The atmosphere in our office is always free and easy.
free and easy
1. Casual, relaxed, as in His style of writing is free and easy. In the 1930s and 1940s this phrase gained currency as part of a slogan for a brand of cigarettes, which were said to be "free and easy" to inhale. [c. 1700]
2. Careless, sloppy, morally lax, as in This administration was free and easy with the taxpayers' money, or These girls hate to be considered free and easy. [First half of 1900s]