cut someone some slack (English, verb)
expansion: cut someone some slack (third-person singular simple present cuts someone some slack, present participle cutting someone some slack, simple past and past participle cut someone some slack)
Senses:
glosses: To make allowances for someone, and not treat a failure severely.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: cuts someone some slack
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: cutting someone some slack
tags: participle
present
form: cut someone some slack
tags: participle
past
form: cut someone some slack
tags: past