Let+off

  • 81let go — {v.} 1a. To stop holding something; loosen your hold; release. * /The boy grabbed Jack s coat and would not let go./ Often used with of . * /When the child let go of her mother s hand, she fell down./ Compare: GIVE UP(1a), LET LOOSE. 1b. To… …

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  • 82let\ go — v 1a. To stop holding something; loosen your hold; release. The boy grabbed Jack s coat and would not let go. Often used with of . When the child let go of her mother s hand, she fell down. Compare: give up(1a), let loose. 1b. To weaken and break …

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  • 83let — Synonyms and related words: OK, accord, accredit, admit, allow, approve, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, assume, authorize, bareboat charter, be afraid, believe, bleed, blockage, blocking, broach, certify, charter, chartered, check, clogging,… …

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  • 84let out — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. liberate, let go, eject; see free 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To discharge material, as vapor or fumes, usually suddenly and violently: emit, give, give forth, give off, give out, issue, let off, release, send… …

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  • 85let — v 1. allow, permit, give permission or leave to, grant; authorize, sanction, warrant, entitle, empower, enable, license, commission; vouchsafe, favor, privilege; affranchise, give one his head, give carte blanche, give the green light, give the… …

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  • 86let loose — Synonyms and related words: carouse, cast loose, celebrate, cut loose, debauch, demobilize, discharge, dismiss, give way to, go all out, go bail for, go flat out, go unrestrained, grant bail to, hell around, jollify, jolly, lark, leave go, let go …

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  • 87let — I UK [let] / US verb Word forms let : present tense I/you/we/they let he/she/it lets present participle letting past tense let past participle let *** 1) a) [transitive] to allow something to happen let someone/something do something: I stepped… …

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  • 88let\ out — v 1a. To allow to go out or escape. The guard let the prisoners out of jail to work in the garden. Mother won t let us out when it rains. Compare: let loose 1b. informal To make (a sound) come out of the mouth; utter. A bee stung Charles. He let… …

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  • 89let fly — Synonyms and related words: bowl, cast, catapult, charge, chuck, chunk, cock, dart, dash, detonate, discharge, drop, eject, fell, fire, fire off, fling, flip, fork, gun, gun for, heave, hit, hurl, hurtle, jerk, lance, launch, let off, load, lob,… …

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  • 90ˌlet sb ˈoff — phrasal verb to give someone little or no punishment for something that they did wrong I was pulled over for speeding, but I was let off with a warning.[/ex] …

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