let (someone) off the hook -Idioms

Idioms

let (someone) off the hook

to excuse someone from a penalty or a promise

My boss let me off the hook and I did not have to stay after work and help clean the office.

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let (something) go

let (something) loose

let (something) off or let off (something)

let (something) pass

let (something) ride

let (something) slide

let (something) slide by

let (something) slip (out)

let (something) slip by

let alone (something)

fold (something) up or fold up (something)

lay hold of (something)

sadder but wiser

escape (someone's) notice

rich in (something)

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