1. Home
2. Idioms
3. cut someone a break

cut someone a break

---

---

cut someone a break

and cut someone some slack

tv. to give someone a break; to allow someone a reprieve from the consequences of an action. Come on! Cut me a break! I won’t do it again! Cut me some slack and I’ll be sure to pay you all I owe in a month.

See also: break, cut