let slide
To let go; to allow; to release; to pass over without action.
Near-synonym: let ride
slide
UK /slaɪd/ US /slaɪd/
verb 5noun 5
Definitions
verb
1
To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
He slid the boat across the grass.
The safe slid slowly.
2
To move on a low-friction surface.
The car slid on the ice.
They bathe in summer, and in winter slide.
3
To drop down and skid into a base.
Jones slid into second.
4
To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
He slid while going around the corner.
5
To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
to alter the meaning of a question by sliding in a word
Schoolchildren sometimes slide each other notes during class.
noun
1
An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
The long, red slide was great fun for the kids.
2
A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
skimming over the ice[…]It was a good long slide, and there was something in the motion which Mr. Pickwick, who was very cold with standing still, could not help envying.
3
The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
The slide closed the highway.
4
An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a mountainside for conveying logs by sliding them down.
5
A mechanism, or portion of one, consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
On many semiautomatic pistols, the barrel is beneath the slide.
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