Let slide

verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To let go; to allow; to release; to pass over without action. transitive

    "Near-synonym: let ride"

  2. 2
    To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence.
  3. 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. 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. 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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