lets slide

Verb

let slide (third-person singular simple present lets slide, present participle letting slide, simple past and past participle let slide)

1. (transitive) To let go; to allow; to release; to pass over without action.
   • Near-synonym: let ride

   Synonyms:

   let something ride

2. To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence.
3. (transitive) To tolerate a violation of a norm from.
   • The judge let me slide on the speeding, but not on a $200 seat-belt violation.
4. (idiomatic) To allow the condition of something to deteriorate due to negligence or apathy.
   • He let the farm slide after inheriting it from his father.
5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let, slide.