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let someone off

to not punish someone. The judge let the boys off because they hadn't ever been in trouble before.

Related vocabulary: off the hook

See also: let

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References in classic literature

But he could not let off peasants who did not pay their rent, nor let them fall into arrears.

Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

The last item on the programme was a grand display of fireworks, to be let off exactly at midnight.

The Happy Prince and Other Tales by Wilde, Oscar View in context

The chec and his attendants, though I had given them notice that we were going to let off our guns in honour of the King their master, could not forbear trembling at the fire and noise.

A Voyage to Abyssinia by Lobo, Father View in context

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let heart rule head
let in on
let it all hang out
let it be known
let it rip
let it/things slide
let nature take its course

let off
let off easy
let off steam
let on
let out
let ride
let rip
let sleeping dogs lie

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