Go-easy-on meaning in English

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Definition

Go easy on (the cookies! I want some too!): Stop eating so many (cookies! I want some too!) idiom
Exercise 1
"I won't let you down, Bruno." --> Brian won't Bruno.

"Go easy on the chocolate liqueurs." --> Brian suggests that Bruno chocolate liqueurs.
"I won't let you down, Bruno." --> Brian won't disappoint 1 Bruno.

"Go easy on the chocolate liqueurs." --> Brian suggests that Bruno should avoid eating too many 2 chocolate liqueurs.
1 disappoint: To "let someone down" means to "disappoint" them or to have "failed" them in some way. Example: Please don't let me down, I'm counting on you.
1 betray: This is not the meaning of the phrasal verb "to let someone down". To "betray someone" is to break their confidence, or to deceive them in some way.
1 contradict: This is not the meaning of the phrasal verb "to let someone down". To "contradict someone" is to express the opposite of what they say.
2 should avoid eating too many: This is correct. "To go easy on (something)" is to not use too much of it. Example: You should go easy on the alcohol, the doctor told you not to drink. "To go easy on (someone)" is to treat someone in a gentle way.
2 should relax with some: This is not the meaning of the phrasal verb "to go easy on".
2 ate all the: This is not the meaning of the phrasal verb "to go easy on".

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