Question

The boss let me off for breaking the office window, when in theory she could have fined me about 30 dollars.

Accepted Answer

(transitivehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive, idiomatichttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#idiomatic) To forgivehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/forgive and not punishhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/punish.

Sentence	The boss let me off for breaking the office window, when in theory she could have fined me about 30 dollars.
Definition	( transitive https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive , idiomatic https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#idiomatic ) To forgive https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/forgive and not punish https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/punish .

Boss Breaking Office Window Theory Fined Dollars