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Posted by ESC August 25, 2003In reply to Slide posted by R. Berg on August 25, 2003

What's the meaning of "Slide" in this lyrics (Rock Band: goo goo dolls):
"I wanna wake up where you are
I won't say anything at all
So why don't you slide
Yeah I'm gonna let it slide"

I think it sounds like "Relax",i'm not sure! isn't?
Thanks in advance!

From Merriam-Webster online -- slide, meaning No. 4:

4 a : to move or pass smoothly or easily b : to pass unnoticed or unremarked

"Let it slide" uses Meaning 4b in that dictionary entry. To let something slide is to stop calling attention to it. "Joe hasn't paid back that ten dollars he borrowed a month ago, but I know he's been ill, so I'll let it slide."

I just realized something. When I pasted in the definition, the phrases between greater/lesser signs disappeared. It's an html thing I suppose. The whole definition is:

4 a : to move or pass smoothly or easily -- slid into the prepared speech b : to pass unnoticed or unremarked -- could have responded but let it slide