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take the easy way out en · VERB
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To cut corners; to follow the path of least resistance; to take shortcuts to avoid pain or having to struggle to achieve a desired result; to end or avoid a difficult situation in an easy or simple way that is not the best or most sensible or honorable solution.
I wish I was a tradesman / Learnin' from some beat down old layman / […] Wanna sweat like hell, throw a hammer down / And know the old feelin' of a five o'clock smile / And know I didn't take no easy way out
2023, Bryan Zachary Lane, “Tradesman”, in Bryan Zach, performed by Bryan Zach, Warner Records, →OCLC:
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