Sekirov Dictionary

let out

verb 9
let-out noun 2
forms 3

verb9

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To release.
- The students were let out of school early.
- If you go into the aviary, don't let out any of the birds!
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(US, Canada) Of a school: to finish for the day or term, allowing the pupils to go home.
- We're gonna have practice tomorrow morning for an assembly we're giving on Thursday before school lets out for Easter. — 1999
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Of sound, to emit.
- The dog let out a yelp.
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To rent out.
- We let out the house and went on a two-year world trip.
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To disclose.
- He accidentally let out the location for the meeting.
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To enlarge by adjusting one or more seams.
- After the holidays he had to have his suits let out.
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To allow to operate at higher speed by adjusting controls.
- He let out the reins when they were a mile from the barn.
- The engineer let out the throttle after the train crossed the bridge.
(slang, old-fashioned) To lay off or fire someone (from a job).
To begin to tell a story.

let-out noun2

The act or an instance of releasing or letting out something.
(UK, Ireland) An opportunity to avoid or escape from a difficult or unpleasant situation.

forms

letting out · lets out · let-outs

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