let slide
verbEtymology From Middle English leten sliden (“to disregard, put aside, let pass, neglect”), equivalent to let + slide.
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Of intangibles 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.
3 more examples
- The administrator let the minor infraction slide with only a disapproving look.
- With a calm carelessness letting each thing slide.a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:
- Which statement Louis prudently let slide.1970, Larry Niven, Ringworld, page 277:
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To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence.
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Of persons 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 time2015 May 12, Rachel Platten, Jon Levine, Scott Jacoby, “Congratulations”, in Fight Song, performed by Rachel Platten:
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Idiomatic To allow the condition of something to deteriorate due to negligence or apathy.
- He let the farm slide after inheriting it from his father.
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let, slide.