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| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | take foot off the gas | сбавить скорость (to do something with less effort and determination:: Usually we take our foot off the gas if we're comfortably ahead. • Employees tend to wind down on Fridays if there aren't pressing deadlines – people take their foot off the gas.  cambridge.org) |
| uncom. | take foot off the gas | охолонуть (Супру) |
| gen. | take foot off the gas | успокоиться |