let things slide

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• 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 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 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 slide — phrasal : to cease to pay attention to : let go * * * let slide 1. To take no action over 2. To allow to deteriorate through negligence • • • Main Entry: ↑slide * * * let (something) slide informal : to do nothing about ( …   Useful english dictionary

• slide — [c]/slaɪd / (say sluyd) verb (slid, slid or slidden, sliding) –verb (i) 1. to move along in continuous contact with a smooth or slippery surface: to slide down a snow covered hill. 2. to slip, as one losing foothold or as a vehicle skidding. 3.… …  

• slide — 1 verb past tense and past participle slid, 1 (I, T) to move smoothly over a surface while continuing to touch it, or to make something move in this way (+ along/across/down etc): The kids were sliding on the ice. | slide sth across/along etc:… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• slide — slidable, adj. slidableness, n. /sluyd/, v., slid /slid/, slid or slidden /slid n/, sliding, n. v.i. 1. to move along in continuous contact with a smooth or slippery surface: to slide down a snow covered hill. 2. to slip or skid …   Universalium

• slide — v. & n. v. (past and past part. slid) 1 a intr. move along a smooth surface with continuous contact on the same part of the thing moving (cf. ROLL). b tr. cause to do this (slide the drawer into place). 2 intr. move quietly; glide; go smoothly… …   Useful english dictionary

• let slide — I guess I let things slide at the office during my wife s illness Syn: neglect, pay little/no attention to, not attend to, be remiss about, let something go downhill …   Thesaurus of popular words

• let — let1 [ let ] (past tense and past participle let) verb *** ▸ 1 allow ▸ 2 for showing anger etc. ▸ 3 for giving order ▸ 4 rent room/house/etc. ▸ 5 in mathematics ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) transitive to allow something to happen: let someone/something do… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English