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Definition of cut people some slack

cut some slack

verb - transitive

  • to be lenient.
                                            

                                           

                                                        

                                                             

    Citation from "Reconstructing Alice", Raines (TV), Season 1 Episode 3 (2007) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

    Last edited on Jan 02 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'cut':

Definitions include: annoyed, angry, upset, disappointed.
Definitions include: to do a U turn or turn around while driving.
Definitions include: to make a deal.
Definitions include: to flatulate; "fart".
Definitions include: to flatulate.
Definitions include: a clear matter.
Definitions include: to separate one's self from something, and then run away.
Definitions include: to dance.
Definitions include: to give up.
Definitions include: to shoot a person.
Definitions include: Also friends for cut.
Definitions include: your hard nipples when you get too cold.
Definitions include: To compete in a musical competition in front of a live audience, with the audience deciding the winner.
Definitions include: a phrase used to describe a person setting another person straight.
Definitions include: to tolerate.

Other terms relating to 'slack':

Definitions include: to idle, waste time.
Definitions include: a person who doesn't get good grades and instead drinks alcohol, does drugs, and goes to parties.
Definitions include: a moron or lazy person, typically residing in a rural area; "bumpkin".
Definitions include: in the manner of a slack-jaw.
Definitions include: a person who is unintelligent and easy to push around.
Definitions include: to work less hard than appropriate.
Definitions include: activism that requires little effort (and that often has little effect) and is mainly designed to make participants feel better about themselves.

Other terms relating to 'some':

Definitions include: to get rid of aggression or anger.
Definitions include: to perform fellatio.
Definitions include: to vomit, usually from over-consumption of alcohol.
Definitions include: get some sunshine.
Definitions include: to sleep.
Definitions include: to defecate; "poop".
Definitions include: to get an erection.
Definitions include: humorous pretend Chinese food item.
Definitions include: to fuck around or freak some.
Definitions include: to defecate; "poop".
Definitions include: to go to the bathroom, to defecate.
Definitions include: to defecate.
Definitions include: to defecate.
Definitions include: to perform cunnilingus.
Definitions include: To be obviously upset by something; having obvious negative feelings about a situation is to be feeling some kind of way.

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