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Let slide
verb
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To let go; to allow; to release; to pass over without action. transitive
"Near-synonym: let ride"
- 2 To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence.
- 3 To tolerate a violation of a norm from. transitive
"The judge let me slide on the speeding, but not on a $200 seat-belt violation."
- 4 To allow the condition of something to deteriorate due to negligence or apathy. idiomatic
"He let the farm slide after inheriting it from his father."
- 5 Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let, slide.
Etymology
From Middle English leten sliden (“to disregard, put aside, let pass, neglect”), equivalent to let + slide.
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