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Definition of Let go

1. Verb. Release, as from one's grip. "Relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall"

2. Verb. Be relaxed. "Don't be so worried all the time--just let go!"

Definition of Let go

1. Verb. (intransitive with '''of''' and transitive with object before '''go''') To release from one's grasp; to go from a state of holding on to a state of no longer holding on. ¹

2. Verb. (euphemistic) To dismiss from employment. ¹

3. Verb. (euphemistic usually reflexively) To gain weight ¹

4. Verb. (&lit let go) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Let Go

let's see let-down let-down reflex let-downs let-off let-offs let-through let-up let alone let be

let bygones be bygones let down let drive let fly let freedom ring let go let go and let God let go of let her rip let him that is without sin cast the first stone

let him who is without sin cast the first stone let in let in on let it be let it go let know let loose let me see let nature take her course let nature take its course

Literary usage of Let go

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea by Richard Henry Dana, Charles Welsh (1907)
"The second mate had charge of the after yards, and let go the lee fore and main ... Each man's rope must be let go and hauled in at the order, properly made ..."

2. The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old Testament by George V. Wigram (1866)
"14: 5. that ire Aure /ef Israel go 22: n(l). and shall put in his beast, Lev.14: 7. and shall let the living bird loose 53. lint he shall let go the living ..."

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