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"forms": [
{
"form": "cuts someone some slack",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "cutting someone some slack",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "cut someone some slack",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "cut someone some slack",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "cut<,,cut> someone some slack"
},
"expansion": "cut someone some slack (third-person singular simple present cuts someone some slack, present participle cutting someone some slack, simple past and past participle cut someone some slack)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
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"categories": [
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"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He's the new kid on the block and doesn't know the way we do things around here yet. Cut him some slack and let him learn from this."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make allowances for someone, and not treat a failure severely."
],
"id": "en-cut_someone_some_slack-en-verb-bEjtkoeY",
"links": [
[
"allowance",
"allowance"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) To make allowances for someone, and not treat a failure severely."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "short leash"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "give someone a break"
},
{
"word": "give someone enough rope"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "donar marge"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "joustaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "löysätä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "antaa armoa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "donner du mou"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "lâcher la bride"
},
{
"code": "de",
"english": "lassen (passive)",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "mit einem blauen Auge davonkommen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "elnéző"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "dar um tempo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "dar uma folga"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "dar cuartelillo"
}
]
}
],
"word": "cut someone some slack"
}
{
"forms": [
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"form": "cuts someone some slack",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "cutting someone some slack",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "cut someone some slack",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "cut someone some slack",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "cut<,,cut> someone some slack"
},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
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"word": "short leash"
}
],
"senses": [
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"categories": [
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"English idioms",
"English lemmas",
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"English verbs",
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"examples": [
{
"text": "He's the new kid on the block and doesn't know the way we do things around here yet. Cut him some slack and let him learn from this."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make allowances for someone, and not treat a failure severely."
],
"links": [
[
"allowance",
"allowance"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) To make allowances for someone, and not treat a failure severely."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "give someone a break"
},
{
"word": "give someone enough rope"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "donar marge"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "joustaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "löysätä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "antaa armoa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "donner du mou"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "lâcher la bride"
},
{
"code": "de",
"english": "lassen (passive)",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "mit einem blauen Auge davonkommen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "elnéző"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "dar um tempo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "dar uma folga"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "dar cuartelillo"
}
],
"word": "cut someone some slack"
}
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