let : Idioms & Phrases

-let

Etymology

From two French dim. endings -el (L. -ellus) and -et, as in bracelet.

Definitions

1. A noun suffix having a diminutive force; as in streamlet, armlet.

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E`ya-let" noun

Etymology

Turk.,fr. Ar.iyalah.

Definitions

1. Formerly, one of the administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire; -- now called a vilayet.

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• adverb much less
  not to mention.
  
  • she can't boil potatoes, let alone cook a meal

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• verb move something or somebody to a lower position
  take down; lower; get down; bring down.
  
  • take down the vase from the shelf
• verb fail to meet the hopes or expectations of
  disappoint.
  
  • Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage

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• verb fire as from a gun
  loose off; let drive.
  
  • The soldiers let drive their bullets

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• verb fire as from a gun
  loose off; let drive.
  
  • The soldiers let drive their bullets

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• verb release, as from one's grip
  release; relinquish; let go.
  
  • Let go of the door handle, please!
  • relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall
• verb be relaxed
  
  • Don't be so worried all the time--just let go!

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• verb release, as from one's grip
  release; relinquish; let go.
  
  • Let go of the door handle, please!
  • relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall

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• verb allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of
  admit; include.
  
  • admit someone to the profession
  • She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar
• verb allow to enter; grant entry to
  intromit; admit; allow in.
  
  • We cannot admit non-members into our club building
  • This pipe admits air

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• verb not act
  
  • He thought of a reply but let it go

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• verb express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
  utter; let loose; emit.
  
  • She let out a big heavy sigh
  • He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand
• verb turn loose or free from restraint
  loose; unleash.
  
  • let loose mines
  • Loose terrible plagues upon humanity

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• verb grant exemption or release to
  excuse; relieve; exempt.
  
  • Please excuse me from this class

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• verb make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
  disclose; reveal; unwrap; bring out; expose; let on; discover; divulge; break; give away.
  
  • The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold
  • The actress won't reveal how old she is
  • bring out the truth
  • he broke the news to her
  • unwrap the evidence in the murder case

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• verb express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
  utter; let loose; emit.
  
  • She let out a big heavy sigh
  • He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand
• verb make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
  disclose; reveal; unwrap; bring out; expose; let on; discover; divulge; break; give away.
  
  • The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold
  • The actress won't reveal how old she is
  • bring out the truth
  • he broke the news to her
  • unwrap the evidence in the murder case
• verb bring out of a specific state
  bring out.
  
• verb make (clothes) larger
  widen.
  
  • Let out that dress--I gained a lot of weight

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• verb divulge confidential information or secrets
  peach; babble; spill the beans; babble out; tattle; blab out; sing; blab; talk.
  
  • Be careful--his secretary talks

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• verb become less in amount or intensity
  die away; slack off; slack; abate.
  
  • The storm abated
  • The rain let up after a few hours
• verb reduce pressure or intensity
  ease up; ease off.
  
  • he eased off the gas pedal and the car slowed down

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Let"-a*lone" adjective

Definitions

1. Letting alone.

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Let"-off` noun

Definitions

1. (Mach.) A device for letting off, releasing, or giving forth, as the warp from the cylinder of a loom.

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• noun the act of causing something to move to a lower level
  lowering.
  

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Re-let" transitive verb

Definitions

1. To let anew, as a hous.

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• . (Polit. Econ.) See Laissez faire.

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• to lease on rent.

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• to discharge with violence, as a blow, an arrow, or stone. See under Drive, and Fly.

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• alone, to abstain from interfering with or molesting; to suffer to remain in its present state.

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• to leave; to withdraw from; to refrain from interfering with.

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• to omit, or leave untouched; to let alone. "Let be, therefore, my vengeance to dissuade."

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• to cause blood to flow; to bleed.

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• . (a) To lower . (b) To soften in tempering; as to let down tools, cutlery, and the like. to let (someone) down. to disappoint (someone) by filing to perform as expected.

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• to aim a blow; to strike with force; to attack. "Four rogues in buckram let drive at me."

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• . (a) To throw or drive with violence; to discharge. "A man lets fly his arrow without taking any aim." Addison. (b) (Naut.) To let go suddenly and entirely; as, to let fly the sheets.

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• to allow to depart; to quit one's hold; to release.

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• (Naut.), to loosen and let run freely, as lines; to let fall without restraint, as a sail.

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• (a) To permit or suffer to enter; to admit. (b) To insert, or imbed, as a piece of wood, in a recess formed in a surface for the purpose .

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• to remove restraint from; to permit to wander at large.
• to free from restraint or confinement; to set at liberty.

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• (a) To discharge; to let fly, as an arrow; to fire the charge of, as a gun . (b) To release, as from an engagement or obligation . Colloq.

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• to tell; to tattle; to divulge something. Low

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• . (a) To allow to go forth; as, to let out a prisoner . (b) To extend or loosen, as the folds of a garment; to enlarge; to suffer to run out, as a cord . (c) To lease; to give out for performance by contract, as a job . (d) To divulge.

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• (Naut.), to allow to pass or move freely; to slacken or loosen.

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• to let go; to cease to care for. Colloq. " Let the world slide." Shak.

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• to loose from the slip or noose, as a hound; to allow to escape.

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• to tell a secret, carelessly or willfully. Colloq.

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• to become less severe; to diminish; to cease; as, when the storm lets up. Colloq.

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