letsboff
—phrasal verbwithletverbuk/let/us/let/present participleletting|past tense and past participlelet
B2
to notpunishsomeone who hascommittedacrimeor done somethingwrong, or to notpunishthemseverely
宽宥（某人）；从轻处罚（某人）
Instead of aprisonsentencethey wereletoffwithafine.他们没有被判刑，只是被罚了款而已。
You won't beletoff solightly(= you will bepunishedmoreseverely)the nexttime.下一次就不会这样轻饶你了。
- Thepolicelethim off with awarning.
- I'llletyou off if youapologize.
- My Mum said I had to do all theironingas apunishment, but I'mhopingshe'llletme off.
- Considering theseverityof thecrime, they wereletofflightly.
- Ilethim off because heseemedsosorry.