"go easy".

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Definition
if it's \"go easy\" on someone
To be lenient, to be gentle, to punish less

if it's \"go easy\" on something
to take less, use less, etc.

Example 1
From the movie Equilibrium
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0238380/

[They = the government]
Preston: \"I'll make sure they go easy on you.\"
Partridge: \"We both know they never go easy.\"
Preston: \"Then I am sorry.\"

Example 2
\"Go easy on the champagne. It has a kick to it that sneaks up on you.\"
(Don't drink too much champagne. You don't feel its effects until much
later.)