give a rest

His part-time off-breaks will give a rest to seamers James Anderson, Stuart Broad - the two highest wicket-takers at Lord’s - Ollie Robinson and Tongue.

Give a rest to the mistake-ridden texts, the long-winded WhatsApps messages and the sporadic group chat conversations, and try to send a note the old-fashioned way for a change.

One of the reasons envy does not take a holiday is that we never give a rest to the impulse to compare ourselves to one another.

“We knew coming in that two of our top guys we were going to give a rest to,” said Hale, whose team could’ve pulled within a game of .500 with the win.

Niklas Svedberg made 35 saves for the Bruins in just his second start in 11 games to give a rest to Tuukka Rask, who lost in shootouts on Tuesday at Nashville and on Saturday against Ottawa.