let (someone) off easy

let (someone) off easy
let (someone) off easy 1. to give someone a light punishment.

Stern let Robbins off easy, suspending him for just three games.

2. to demand less effort from someone.

She laughed at the suggestion that people are letting her off easy now that she is 81.


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