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Phrase(s): let things slide [and] let something slide
Fig. to ignore the things that one is supposed to do; to fall behind in the doing of one’s work. • I am afraid that I let the matter slide while I was recovering from my operation. • If I let things slide for even one day, I get hopelessly behind in my work.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs