let (someone) off the hook -Idioms

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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)

have one's feet on the ground

in accordance with (something)

have (something) on the brain

a race against time

in view of (something)

put (someone) to shame

to beat the band

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