"let slide" meaning in English

See let slide in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: En-au-let slide.ogg Forms: lets slide [present, singular, third-person], letting slide [participle, present], let slide [participle, past], let slide [past]
Etymology: From Middle English leten sliden (“to disregard, put aside, let pass, neglect”), equivalent to let + slide. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|leten sliden|t=to disregard, put aside, let pass, neglect}} Middle English leten sliden (“to disregard, put aside, let pass, neglect”), {{com|en|let|slide|nocat=1}} let + slide Head templates: {{en-verb|let<,,let> slide}} let slide (third-person singular simple present lets slide, present participle letting slide, simple past and past participle let slide)
  1. (transitive, of intangibles) To let go, allow, release, pass over without action. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Thinking Translations (to let pass): mennä (Finnish), (neopaženo) miniti (Slovene)
    Sense id: en-let_slide-en-verb-NNVyhJ0F Disambiguation of Thinking: 37 17 13 23 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Slovene translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 17 5 9 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 56 16 9 10 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 65 15 8 8 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 71 16 4 5 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 54 15 7 17 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 54 14 6 17 8 Disambiguation of 'to let pass': 64 9 4 7 16
  2. To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence.
    Sense id: en-let_slide-en-verb-njIztMCY
  3. (transitive, of persons) To tolerate a violation of a norm from. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-let_slide-en-verb-9y17nV2A
  4. (idiomatic) To allow the condition of something to deteriorate due to negligence or apathy. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-let_slide-en-verb-YLCwLsPK
  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let, slide.
    Sense id: en-let_slide-en-verb-P4aP5nJb

Inflected forms

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