Let it Ride : (문제 등을) 그냥 두고 보기로 하다, 즉각적인 조치를 취하지 않고 그냥 두다, ((시합·게임·도박에서 따는 상금, 딴 돈을) 재배팅하다
Let something Ride
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Let it Ride, this is a phrase that means you are not going to take immediate action about somethigng
as a teacher, when I have students and if you correct every single error that student make, it can sometime depress them, so I have to choose which mistakes to correct and which mistakes I need to let them ride
to take no immediate action about them
to decide to do nothing about a probelm that you may well have to deal with later or maybe you don't think action is necessary yet
I know you were hoping to sell these at a good price but they are not selling very well, but let it ride and see what happens, don't change the price yet
let it ride, wait and see what happens
to let it ride, not to take immediate action
to ignore something
you have to pretend you haven't noticed something
he was very rude but I let it ride because there was no point in getting angry or getting upset. so I took no action about it
to let leave something untouched
to remain untouched
to ignore something for a while
I am going to let it ride
he got my name wrong but I let it ride he will notice and he will probably come round to getting it right
to leave it in place
I know this isn't the best of solutions but it works as a stopgap. so let's it ride until we've got enough money to find a good solution to this
the longer you let this situation ride, the harder it will be to fix later
if you discover that your child is stealing, you need to do something about it immediately, it's not something that you can let ride, you can't just let it ride because this will only get worse
let it ride, to let something remain untouched
to carry on with things as they have been
2)
notice, you can also use this in gambling,, in a casino for example
where you bet on number 16 and number 16 comes up and then you let it ride. you leave all of your winnings on 16 and hope it comes up again
it's to repeat the bet with the winnings from your last bet like that you could win a load of money but it's much more likely your are going to lose it all
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