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Definition of Let it go
1. Verb. Not act. "He thought of a reply but let it go"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Let It Go
Literary usage of Let it go
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"920 Hector had seized the head, nor let it go ; Patroclus gripp'd the foot; and
round the twain Both hosts fast gathering closed in cloud of war. ..."
2. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"He marked it ST 1763, and let it go. It was found again in the year 1773, by
Elijah Clap, who marked it EC 1773, and let it go. ..."
3. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S.: Secretary to the by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke (1855)
"... upon my former house (because there are so many that are desirous of it, and
I am, in my mind, loth to let it go out of my hands, for fear of a turn. ..."
4. The Church History of Britain: From the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, John Sherren Brewer (1845)
"Whereas now he let it go out of his hand, whilst his successors in vain, though
with a long arm, reached after it to recover it1. ..."
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