ease (someone or something) along
1. To help someone who has trouble moving to proceed, slowly and carefully. Ease grandma along because she's still a bit unsteady with her walker.
2. To physically move something slowly and carefully. It took us a while to load the van because we had to ease all the expensive artwork along so we didn't scratch it.
ease someone or something along
to help someone or something to move along, very carefully. Just ease the piano along little by little. She eased the shy child along.