let
/lɛt/
verb10
noun3
forms
leet · letted · letted · lettedst · lettest · letten · letting · lets · letteth
Phrases with let
- let downTo disappoint; to betray or fail somebody.
- buy-to-letDescribing, or relating to, a property bought as an investment, the purchaser letting it to others rather than living in it.
- let aloneMuch less; to say nothing of; used after one negative clause to introduce another, usually broader and more important clause, whose negation is implied by the negation of the first. However either of these instances mentioned can be applied with the use of let alone.
- let bygones be bygonesTo disregard or ignore a past difficulty in a relationship or an offence (when dealing with another individual).
- let someone down gentlyTo reject or refuse someone in a way that avoids causing hurt or disappointment.
- let driveTo aim a blow; to strike with force; to attack; to shoot (an arrow or firearm).
- let flyTo strike or release a projectile with great force.
- let goTo release from one's grasp; to go from a state of holding on to a state of no longer holding on.
- let go and let GodTo consciously surrender one's free will to the will of God.
- let inTo let someone or something come in; to admit someone or something in.
- let in onTo disclose or tell (a secret) to (someone); to share (privileged information) with (someone); to inform (someone) of (a secret). See Usage notes below.
- let intoTo install something in a flat surface such that it does not stick out.
- let it all hang outBe utterly unrestrained and uninhibited.
- let it beTo leave something to follow its natural course; this involves desisting from any intent to intervene.
- let looseTo free; to release from restraint.
- let nature take its courseTo permit events to proceed or a situation to develop without intervention or interference.
- let offTo cause to explode or come out; to release.
- let onto reveal or indicate, especially unintentionally or against one's wishes
- let one goTo fart.
- let one offTo fart; to break wind.