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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Tangent New York Attorney General Letitia James said in December Trump won’t be let off the hook for the $454 million, plus interest, ordered in the February judgment in his civil fraud trial. —

Stephen Pastis, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024 Antonio Sanchez scuffs his shot, before blazing over a similar opportunity two minutes later, as Ancelotti’s side were let off the hook. —

Thom Harris, The Athletic, 19 Aug. 2024 Other men in Winehouse's life were not let off the hook either in the documentary, including Fielder-Civil and her manager Raye Cosbert. —

Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 17 May 2024 But that doesn’t mean dirty players should be let off the hook. —

Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 19 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for let (someone) off the hook

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