let off easy

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let somebody 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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class action suits, in which defendants are let off easy Act now - there's still time to stop the "revolution."(Republican ... by Franklin, Daniel / Washington Monthly More results

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let me say
let nature take its course
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let oneself in for
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let out some kind of sound

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