Idiom: Cut Someone Some SlackCheck definitions of...cutsomeonesomeslackMeaningsTo make allowances for someone, and not treat a failure severelyA-Z Proximitiescut one's coat according to one's clothcut one's teethcut outcut red tapecut someone loose cut someone some slack cut swathescut the cheesecut the cordcut the mustardcut the pigeon wingSimilar Idiomscut someone some slackall and someand then somecatch some rayscatch some z'sget some airgrow some ballskick some tiresknock some sense intosome oldsome peoplesome pumpkinscut someone looseclear cutcut aboutcut abovecut a dashcut a dealcut a figurecut and thrustSimilar Phrasescatch some z'sbreak someone's heartesther hobart mcquigg slack morrisin someone's waypull someone's legslack offslack upslack watersell someone outslack suitslack tidetake someone's sidecrew cutbrush cutbudget cutcut glasscut of lambcut tocut acrosscut away