Definition of cut 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':
cut	Definitions include: annoyed, angry, upset, disappointed.
cut a cookie	Definitions include: to do a U turn or turn around while driving.
cut a deal	Definitions include: to make a deal.
cut a melon	Definitions include: to flatulate; "fart".
cut a muffin	Definitions include: to flatulate.
cut and dried	Definitions include: a clear matter.
cut and run	Definitions include: to separate one's self from something, and then run away.
cut a rug	Definitions include: to dance.
cut bait	Definitions include: to give up.
cut down	Definitions include: to shoot a person.
cut friends	Definitions include: Also friends for cut.
cut glass	Definitions include: your hard nipples when you get too cold.
cut heads	Definitions include: To compete in a musical competition in front of a live audience, with the audience deciding the winner.
cut into	Definitions include: a phrase used to describe a person setting another person straight.
cut it	Definitions include: to tolerate.
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Other terms relating to 'slack':
slack	Definitions include: to idle, waste time.
slacker	Definitions include: a person who doesn't get good grades and instead drinks alcohol, does drugs, and goes to parties.
slack-jaw	Definitions include: a moron or lazy person, typically residing in a rural area; "bumpkin".
slack-jawed	Definitions include: in the manner of a slack-jaw.
slack-jawed lackey	Definitions include: a person who is unintelligent and easy to push around.
slack off	Definitions include: to work less hard than appropriate.
slacktivism	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':
blow off some steam	Definitions include: to get rid of aggression or anger.
bob some knob	Definitions include: to perform fellatio.
call up some dinosaurs	Definitions include: to vomit, usually from over-consumption of alcohol.
catch some rays	Definitions include: get some sunshine.
catch some z's	Definitions include: to sleep.
coil some rope	Definitions include: to defecate; "poop".
cop some wood	Definitions include: to get an erection.
cream of some young guy	Definitions include: humorous pretend Chinese food item.
cut some	Definitions include: to fuck around or freak some.
drop some bait	Definitions include: to defecate; "poop".
drop some friends off at the lake	Definitions include: to go to the bathroom, to defecate.
drop some friends off at the pool	Definitions include: to defecate.
drop some wolf bait	Definitions include: to defecate.
eat some clams	Definitions include: to perform cunnilingus.
feel some kind of way	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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