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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"
Specialized synonyms: Discharge, Muster Out, Unclasp, Pop, Toggle, Unhand, Bring Out, Let Out, Unleash, Let Loose, Loose, Unleash, Unleash, Disengage, Withdraw
Antonyms: Hold
Derivative terms: Relinquishment
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
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 ..."