Usually means: Be lenient or less critical.
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  1. cut someone some slack: Merriam-Webster
  2. cut someone some slack: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cut someone some slack: Wiktionary

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  1. cut someone some slack: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (cut someone some slack)

verb:  (idiomatic) To make allowances for someone, and not treat a failure severely.

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