take the edge off

While some Angelenos fill their stomachs to calm their nerves, proponents of the “Emotional Freedom Technique” take the edge off by executing a series of esoteric stress-relief exercises.

She rode in the motorcade that took Malia and Sasha to school, to take the edge off the trip that involved three cars and at least four armed security agents.

“It would definitely take the edge off,” he quipped.

It would be a best-case scenario if this were all the result of future Sen. Schiff’s cynical, self-serving electioneering; state and national Democrats are telling themselves that story today to take the edge off.

She said she relapsed in 2020, consumed by anxiety early in the pandemic, and later turned to cannabis, regarding it as a healthier way to take the edge off.