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Definition of Let go of
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
Lexicographical Neighbors of Let Go Of
Literary usage of Let go of
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Screamfree Parenting: Raising Your Kids by Keeping Your Cool by Hal Edward Runkel (2005)
"... Chapter Four Begin with the End in Mind, but Let Go of the Final Results After
seeing my newborn son for the first time, ..."
2. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1887)
"She was afraid the pole might strike her, or something, and she let go of her
brother, and ran off. The pole was almost right up side of her, when she let ..."
3. A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter (1909)
"let go of him!" "Not much, I won't!" cried Mrs. Comstock. "Leave the poor sick
little soul here ... "Make Kate Comstock let go of our boy!" she demanded. ..."
4. Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Oyer and Terminer and the Court of by John Wallace Houston, Delaware Court of Oyer and Terminer, Delaware Court of General Sessions (1920)
"... went up to him and took him by the arms, when the deceased did the same by
him, but he soon bade the latter to let go of him, and after repeating it, ..."
5. The Bar Sinister by Richard Harding Davis (1903)
"... if the handlers hadn't thrown red pepper down my nose I never would have let
go of him. I don't think the handlers treated me quite right that time, ..."
6. Students and the World-wide Expansion of Christianity: Addresses Delivered by Fennell Parrish Turner (1914)
"let go of the corner of that envelope.' "The coolie turned and looked at the doctor.
'Oh, no!" said he. 'If 1 let go of the corner of that, I might lose my ..."
7. God, His Prophets and His Children by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (1978)
"As soon as we say, "We are climbing," and let go of the chain, ... It is because
we have let go of that chain. He is on the top, and He is also below. ..."
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