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let someone/something slide

to not do anything about someone or something. She misbehaved a bit when she got here, and I let her slide because she was in a strange city. It's easy to let exercise slide when you feel bad, but that's when you need it the most.

Usage notes: often used in the form let it slide: Kids don't like practicing because of the repetition, and some coaches tend to let it slide.

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I will certainly look back and say there were plenty of opportunities I let slide. MICKELSON LETS THIS ONE SLIP BY by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) But on the flip side, both dudes were writing from prison, and I know from experience some prisons are shittier than others about reading material they'll let slide to their inmates. Zine thing by Lundry, Wez / Thrasher The impact of globalization is, in the coming years, going to be huge on our economy and our work environment and that our awareness of other cultures is something we can't let slide as educators," Goodvin says. Global travels expose Americans to different worlds by District Administration More results

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I will certainly look back and say there were plenty of opportunities I let slide.

MICKELSON LETS THIS ONE SLIP BY by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

But on the flip side, both dudes were writing from prison, and I know from experience some prisons are shittier than others about reading material they'll let slide to their inmates.

Zine thing by Lundry, Wez / Thrasher

The impact of globalization is, in the coming years, going to be huge on our economy and our work environment and that our awareness of other cultures is something we can't let slide as educators," Goodvin says.

Global travels expose Americans to different worlds by District Administration

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