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• Made less complicated
• Just beat, with 'out'
• Trimmed privet maybe after spending hour with daughter
• Made more manageable
• Became less ragged after trim
• Barely avoided tying
• Went carefully arranging good deed
• Beaten by a nose, say
• Made less challenging
• Moved cautiously and led on, scratching head
• Moved slowly, like sharpened blades
• Made less stringent
• Relaxed, like journalist after magazine's closure
• Having clear boundaries
• Gradually slid (into)