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!"
Generic synonyms: Be

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 (current term)
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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