let slide
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Gonzaga’s promising first half gave way to a second half filled with costly turnovers and non-stop misfires from behind the three-point arc — miscues that good opponents aren’t about to let slide.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2023
The thinking goes that because players tend to be more physical in the playoffs, referees will generally accept big hits and other possible infractions that they wouldn’t let slide in the regular season.
From Washington Times • May 10, 2022
I’m not easily offended, but the tone of Kathleen Parker’s Sept. 15 op-ed, “A parade of politics, and tone-deafness,” was hard to let slide.
From Washington Post • Oct. 1, 2021
It's everything from the little jokes we laugh at, the little memes and things that we let slide, you know?
From Salon • Sep. 16, 2021
A lot of passenger complaints about me, Pappy had let slide.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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