let (someone) off the hook

idiom

: to allow (someone who has been caught doing something wrong or illegal) to go without being punished

If you ask me, they let him off the hook too easily.

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But that doesn’t mean dirty players should be let off the hook. —

Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 19 Aug. 2024 There’s another theory of the case, which argues that Biden’s team shouldn’t be let off the hook so easily. —

Andrew Prokop, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018 Accusations that Black people will wait in line for sneakers or fast food but not to exercise political power gets parroted over and over, while the majority white electorate gets let off the hook for commandeering the ship. —

Brea Baker, refinery29.com, 18 Oct. 2024 Mayorkas was ultimately let off the hook when the Senate declined to hold a trial. —

Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for let (someone) off the hook

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