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let slide

verb

Etymology

From Middle English leten sliden (“to disregard, put aside, let pass, neglect”), equivalent to let + slide.

  1. inherited from leten sliden — “to disregard, put aside, let pass, neglect”

Definitions

  1. To let go

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

    • Near-synonym: let ride
    • The police officer let the ticket slide when she found her brother-in-law's car illegally parked.
    • The administrator let the minor infraction slide with only a disapproving look.

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

  3. To tolerate a violation of a norm from.

    • The judge let me slide on the speeding, but not on a $200 seat-belt violation.
    • I take it all, I let it slide But hey, you went too far this time
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To allow the condition of something to deteriorate due to negligence or apathy.

      • He let the farm slide after inheriting it from his father.

    2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

      Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let, slide.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA