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Definition of Let in

1. Verb. Allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of. "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar"

2. Verb. Allow to enter; grant entry to. "This pipe admits air"

Definition of Let in

1. Verb. To let someone or something come in; to admit someone or something in. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Let In

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 (current term) 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 let not the sun go down upon one's wrath, neither give place to the devil let off let off steam let on let one's hair down

Literary usage of Let in

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

1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, Alexander Pope (1760)
"... Broke the dark Phalanx, and let in the light: ^By the long lance, the fword, or pond'rous ... let in ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer and by Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Thomas M'Cleland, Edward Younge, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1827)
"The Court was of 1825. opinion, that the notice was insufficient to let in the secon- JONES dary evidence; and therefore, after consulting with the ..."

3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1886)
"The plate was partially engraved before the decision to put him in was arrived at, and a piece of copper had to he let in, as background details had been ..."

4. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"To let in, or into, To admit ; to procure admission. To let of, to discharge. ... To let, when it signifies to permit, or leave, has let in the ..."

5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, William Brown, Robert Henley Eden Henley (1819)
"... or before tha(t time, are let in. Congreve v. Congreve seems a very strained determination; because when the first child attained twenty-one, ..."

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