LET RIDE

{v. phr.}, {informal} To allow to go on without change; accept (a situation or action) for the present. * /The committee could not decide what to do about Bob's idea, so they let the matter ride for a month or so./ * /The class was rather noisy but the teacher let it ride because it was near Christmas./ * /Ruth's paper was not very good, but the teacher let it ride because she knew Ruth had tried./ Compare: LET GO(3), LET WELL ENOUGH ALONE.