let go
Verb
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Verb
let go
- Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see let, go
- Please, Mom, can you let me go to her party?
- (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.
- Synonyms: release, unhand, leggo
- You're hurting him! Let him go!
- Let go of the phone.
- To emotionally disengage or to distract oneself from a situation.
- (euphemistic) To dismiss from employment.
- Synonyms: decruit, dehire, unhire, Thesaurus:lay off
- The secretary didn't work out, so her boss told her she was being let go.
- (euphemistic, transitive) To fail to maintain a standard of appearance, behavior, or performance.
- (euphemistic, usually reflexively) To gain weight
- Wow, dude! You've really let yourself go this time!
- (euphemistic, usually reflexively) To gain weight
- Italian: lasciar andare
- Spanish: dejar ir
- French: lâcher
- German: loslassen
- Italian: lasciar andare, liberare
- Portuguese: soltar
- Russian: отпуска́ть
- Spanish: soltar
- Italian: lasciarsi andare, prendere fiato
- Portuguese: ir
- German: sich trennen von
- Portuguese: demitir
- German: nachlassen, sich gehen lassen
- Italian: lasciarsi andare
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