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let slide

To let go, allow, release, pass over without action.
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The police officer let the ticket slide when she found her brother-in-law's car illegally parked.
The administrator let the minor infraction slide with only a disapproving look.

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

Additional definitions for 'let slide':

let slideTo tolerate a violation of a norm from.
let slideTo allow the condition of something to deteriorate due to negligence or apathy.
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