to let the project ride

6.1

Allow a project to continue without making changes

phrasal verb

: dejar el proyecto avanzar

We agreed to let the project ride until we saw clear results from the new strategy.

Examples

The manager decided to let the project ride instead of stepping in with more suggestions.
Just let the project ride and see what happens!
Sometimes you need to trust your team and just let the project ride for a while.
Can we let the project ride until next week?
Sometimes you need to trust your team and just let the project ride for a while.
The manager decided to let the project ride instead of stepping in with more suggestions.
We agreed to let the project ride until we saw clear results from the new strategy.

Synonyms

to leave it be

vsto let the project ride

Informal

1 5.1

To let something stay as it is without changing it

focuses on allowing ongoing progress rather than keeping things unchanged

to let it ride

vsto let the project ride

7.0

Allow a situation to continue without changing it

is specific to allowing a task to continue without intervening

Antonyms

to halt

206 2.4

To stop moving or make something stop moving

to intervene

197 5.0

To become involved in a situation to change or stop what is happening

How Involved

to micromanage

17 6.3

to manage

643 2.7

to oversee

221 3.9

to monitor

627 3.5

to ignore

∞ 1.0

to let the project ride

6.1

Surface Forms

let the project ride infinitive

letting the project ride present participle

lets the project ride third person singular

let the project rode past

let the project ridden past participle

Morphology

let + the + project + ride

Although 'let' (allow) and 'project' (planned work) are transparent, the sense of 'ride' here is metaphorical (as in the idiom 'let it ride') and does not follow a straightforward compositional logic from the literal meanings. A B1 learner who knows the individual words is unlikely to predict the idiomatic meaning 'allow the project to continue without intervening' without prior exposure.

Etymology

Let the project ride comes from the gambling saying 'let it ride', when a gambler leaves a bet on the table so it stays in the game. That image of not touching the bet shows why let the project ride means to let a project continue without stepping in or making changes.