Definition of "let slide" in English

Verb

1. To let go; to allow; to release; to pass over without action.

   • The police officer let the ticket slide when she found her brother-in-law's car illegally parked.
   • The administrator let the minor infraction slide with only a disapproving look.

2. To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence.

3. 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. 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.