let slide
Example Sentences
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There was just nothing he was going to let slide by where we would leave a doubt that we were going to find a way to win.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 2, 2024
The thinking goes that because players tend to be more physical in the playoffs, referees will generally accept big hits and other possible infractions that they wouldn’t let slide in the regular season.
From Washington Times • May 10, 2022
I’m not easily offended, but the tone of Kathleen Parker’s Sept. 15 op-ed, “A parade of politics, and tone-deafness,” was hard to let slide.
From Washington Post • Oct. 1, 2021
That doesn’t seem like the kind of thing the Tolkien Estate would let slide without a fight.
From The Verge • Aug. 10, 2021
A lot of passenger complaints about me, Pappy had let slide.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
