单词 | let ride |
释义 | let rideAlso, let slide. Allow something to be ignored or to take or continue in its natural course. For example, Bill disagreed with Mary's description, but he let it ride, or He had a way of letting things slide. The first term, alluding to things moving along as though they were riding a horse or vehicle, dates from the early 1900s; the variant, using slide in the sense of “pass by,” dates from the late 1500s. Also see under let slip. Words nearby let ridelet on, let oneself go, let one's hair down, Le Touquet, let-out, let ride, Letronne, letrozole, let's, Let's cross that bridge when we come to it, Let sleeping dogs lie The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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