let someone slide — 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… … New idioms dictionary
let something slide — 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… … New idioms dictionary
let it slide — let it/things slide to allow a situation to become slowly worse. We ve really let things slide over the past few months. The accounts are in a terrible state … New idioms dictionary
let things slide — let it/things slide to allow a situation to become slowly worse. We ve really let things slide over the past few months. The accounts are in a terrible state … New idioms dictionary
let something slide — NEGLECT, pay little/no attention to, not attend to, be remiss about, let something go downhill. → slide * * * let something slide phrase to allow something to become worse by not paying enough attention to it I’m glad to see you haven’t let… … Useful english dictionary
let something slide — to allow something to become worse by not paying enough attention to it I m glad to see you haven t let things slide since I left … English dictionary
let something slide — verb a) To consciously overlook behaviour generally considered as warranting some form of sanction or reprimand. The police officer let the ticket slide when she found her brother in laws car illegally parked. b) To allow the condition of… … Wiktionary
let slide — 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… … New idioms dictionary
slide — (v.) O.E. slidan move smoothly, glide, from P.Gmc. *slidanan (Cf. O.H.G. slito, Ger. Schlitten sledge ), from PIE root * (s)lei slide (Cf. Lith. slystu to glide, slide, O.C.S. sledu track, Gk. olisthos slipperiness … Etymology dictionary
slide — slide1 W3 [slaıd] v past tense and past participle slid [slıd] [: Old English; Origin: slidan] 1.) [I and T] to move smoothly over a surface while continuing to touch it, or to make something move in this way slide along/across/down etc ▪… … Dictionary of contemporary English