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let off easy

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let someone off easy

1. to give someone a light punishment. Stern let Robbins off easy, suspending him for just three games.

2. to demand less effort from someone. She laughed at the suggestion that people are letting her off easy now that she is 81.

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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
let slide

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