CUT ME SOME SLACK

Meaning of CUT ME SOME SLACK in English

give me more time, give me more freedom

You may be asking too much of your son. Cut him some slack.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

CUT ME SOME SLACK — give me more time, give me more freedom You may be asking too much of your son. Cut him some …
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ME — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Me Nam River forget me not Messerschmitt 109 Me 109 touch me not
Английский словарь Британика
SOME — I. (|)səm adjective Etymology: Middle English som, adjective & pron., from Old English sum, adjective & pron.; akin to Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SLACK — I. ˈslak adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English slak, from Old English sleac; akin to Old Saxon slak slack, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ME — I. (|)mē, _mi pronoun, objective case of i Etymology: Middle English, from Old English mē; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
-SOME — I. _səm; when n immediately precedes, as in “winsome”, (t)səm adjective suffix Etymology: Middle English -som, from Old English -sum; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ME — (pers. pron.) The person speaking, regarded as an object; myself; a pronoun of the first person used as the objective …
Английский словарь Webster
ME — ( pers. pron. ) The person speaking, regarded as an object; myself; a pronoun of the first person used as …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SOME — /sum/ ; unstressed /seuhm/ , adj. 1. being an undetermined or unspecified one: Some person may object. 2. (used with …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SLACK — slack 1 — slackingly , adv. — slackly , adv. — slackness , n. /slak/ , adj. 1. not tight, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ME — /mee/ , pron. 1. the objective case of I , used as a direct or indirect object: They asked me …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SOME — I. ˈsəm, for 2 without stress adjective Etymology: Middle English som, adjective & pronoun, from Old English sum; akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SLACK — I. ˈslak adjective Etymology: Middle English slak, from Old English sleac; akin to Old High German slah slack, Latin laxus …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CUT — I. ˈkət verb ( cut ; cut·ting ) Etymology: Middle English cutten Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. a. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
-SOME — I. adjective suffix Etymology: Middle English -som, from Old English -sum; akin to Old High German -sam -some, Old English …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ME — pronoun, objective case of i Etymology: Middle English, from Old English mē; akin to Old High German mīh me, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOME — adj considerable in number or quality. 2. some ·adj not much; a little; moderate; as, the censure was to some …
Webster English vocab
SLACK — adv slackly; as, slack dried hops. 2. slack ·noun a valley, or small, shallow dell. 3. slack ·noun small coal; …
Webster English vocab
ME — pron one. ·see men, ·pron 2. me (·pron·pers) the person speaking, regarded as an object; myself; a pronoun of the …
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
SOME — [some] adj [ME som, adj. & pron., fr. OE sum; akin to OHG sum some, Gk hame somehow, homos same--more …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SLACK — [slack] adj [ME slak, fr. OE sleac; akin to OHG slah slack, L laxus slack, loose, languere to languish, Gk …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ME — [me] pron, objective case of i [ME, fr. OE me; akin to OHG mih me, L me, Gk me, Skt …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SOME — determiner , pronoun , adverb ■ determiner / səm; NAmE ; strong form sʌm/ 1. used with uncountable nouns or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SLACK — / slæk; NAmE / adjective , noun , verb ■ adjective ( slack·er , slack·est ) 1. not stretched tight …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ME — pronoun , noun ■ pronoun / mi; NAmE ; strong form miː/ the form of I that is used when …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CUT — / kʌt; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( cut·ting , cut , cut ) WOUND / HOLE 1. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOME — I. some 1 S1 W1 /səm; strong sʌm/ BrE AmE determiner [ Language: Old English ; Origin: sum ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SLACK — I. slack 1 /slæk/ BrE AmE adjective [ Language: Old English ; Origin: sleac ] 1 . hanging loosely, or …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ME — me S1 W1 /mi; strong miː/ BrE AmE pronoun [object form of ‘I’] [ Language: Old English ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOME — adj., pron., & adv. --adj. 1 an unspecified amount or number of (some water; some apples; some of them). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SLACK — adj., n., v., & adv. --adj. 1 (of rope etc.) not taut. 2 inactive or sluggish. 3 negligent or remiss. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ME — pron. 1 objective case of I(2) (he saw me). 2 colloq. = I(2) (it's me all right; is taller than …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CUT — v. & n. --v. (cutting; past and past part. cut) 1 tr. (also absol.) penetrate or wound with a sharp-edged …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SOME — adj., pron., & adv. adj. 1 an unspecified amount or number of (some water; some apples; some of them). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SLACK — adj., n., v., & adv. adj. 1 (of rope etc.) not taut. 2 inactive or sluggish. 3 negligent or remiss. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ME — pron. 1 objective case of I(2) (he saw me). 2 colloq. = I(2) (it's me all right; is taller than …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CUT — v. & n. v. (cutting; past and past part. cut) 1 tr. (also absol.) penetrate or wound with a sharp-edged …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SOME — adj., pron., & adv. --adj. 1. an unspecified amount or number of (some water; some apples; some of them). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
SLACK — 1. adj., n., v., & adv. --adj. 1. (of rope etc.) not taut. 2 inactive or sluggish. 3 negligent or …
Oxford English vocab
ME — 1. pron. 1. objective case of I(2) (he saw me). 2 colloq. I(2) (it's me all right; is taller than …
Oxford English vocab
CUT — v. & n. --v. (cutting; past and past part. cut) 1. tr. (also absol.) penetrate or wound with a sharp-edged …
Oxford English vocab
SOME
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SLACK — ( slacker, slackest, slacks, slacking, slacked) 1. Something that is slack is loose and not firmly stretched or tightly in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ME — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. A speaker or writer uses me to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOME — I. determiner COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a little/many/some/any more ▪ Can I have a little more time to finish? ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SLACK — I. adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Corporate profits have been hurt by slack demand. ▪ I let the rope …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SLACK — (NOT ACTIVE) [adjective] - showing a lack of activity; not busy or happening in a positive wayBusiness is always slack …
Cambridge English vocab
ME — (PERSON) [pronoun] - used, usually after a verb or preposition, to refer to the person speaking or writingCan you see …
Cambridge English vocab
ME — pron. Me Nam River forget me not Messerschmitt 109 Me 109 touch me not
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CUT — INDEX: 1. with scissors, a knife, or a sharp object 2. to cut food 3. to cut part of your …
Longman Activator English vocab
SLACK — n. 25B6; adjective the rope went slack : LOOSE, limp, hanging, flexible. slack skin : FLACCID, flabby, loose, sagging, saggy. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CUT — n. 25B6; verb the knife slipped and cut his finger : GASH, slash, lacerate, sever, slit, pierce, penetrate, wound, injure; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
CUT — v. 1 gash, slash, slit; open I cut my finger on the glass 2 slice, cut off, carve Please cut …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
ME — pronoun 1 BAD : I got me a drink and sat down on the sofa. GOOD : I got myself …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
ME — abbreviation (Health and Fitness) Short for myalgic encephalomyelitis, a benign but debilitating and often long-lasting condition which usually occurs after …
Английский разговорный словарь - Новые слова
SOME — 1. мест.; неопред.; как сущ. 1) кое-кто, некоторые, одни, другие This bird feeds on worms and according to some, on …
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