ALL meanings of let out
let out
L l - noun let out Let us is used in all varieties of speech and writing to introduce a suggestion or a request: Let us consider all the facts before deciding. The contracted form let's occurs mostly in informal speech and writing: Let's go. Let's not think about that right now. Perhaps because let's has come to be felt as a word in its own right rather than as the contraction of let us, it is often followed in informal speech and writing by redundant or appositional pronouns: Let's us plan a picnic. Let's you and I (or me) get together tomorrow. Both Let's you and me and Let's you and I occur in the relaxed speech of educated speakers. The former conforms to the traditional rules of grammar; the latter, nonetheless, occurs more frequently. See also leave1. 1
- transitivephrasal verb let out allow to exit 1
- transitivephrasal verb let out free from captivity 1
- transitivephrasal verb let out clothing: make larger 1
- transitivephrasal verb let out emit, utter 1
- transitivephrasal verb let out reveal accidentally 1
- adjective let out (of fur) processed by cutting parallel diagonal slashes into the pelt and sewing the slashed edges together to lengthen the pelt and to improve the appearance of the fur. 1
- noun let out British. a lease. 1
- verb with object let out to allow or permit: to let him escape. 1
- verb with object let out to allow to pass, go, or come: to let us through. 1
- verb with object let out to grant the occupancy or use of (land, buildings, rooms, space, etc., or movable property) for rent or hire (sometimes followed by out). 1
- verb with object let out to contract or assign for performance, usually under a contract: to let work to a carpenter. 1
- verb with object let out to cause to; make: to let one know the truth. 1
- verb with object let out (used in the imperative as an auxiliary expressive of a request, command, warning, suggestion, etc.): Let me see. Let us go. Just let them try it! 1
- verb without object let out to admit of being rented or leased: The apartment lets for $100 per week. 1
- idioms let out let alone. alone (def 8). 1
- idioms let out let be, to refrain from interference. to refrain from interfering with. 1
- idioms let out let go. go1 (def 93). 1
- idioms let out let someone have it, Informal. to attack or assault, as by striking, shooting, or rebuking: The gunman threatened to let the teller have it if he didn't move fast. 1
- phrasal verb let out If something or someone lets water, air, or breath out, they allow it to flow out or escape. 0
- phrasal verb let out If you let out a particular sound, you make that sound. 0
- verb let out to give vent to; emit 0
- verb let out to allow to go or run free; release 0
- verb let out to reveal (a secret) 0
- verb let out to make available to tenants, hirers, or contractors 0
- verb let out to permit to flow out 0
- verb let out to make (a garment) larger, as by unpicking (the seams) and sewing nearer the outer edge 0
- noun let out a chance to escape 0
- noun let out a chance to avoid having to do something that you do not wish to do 0
- noun let out to allow to flow, run, etc. away; release 0
- noun let out to give forth; emit 0
- noun let out to lease or rent out 0
- noun let out to reveal (a secret, etc.) 0
- noun let out to make a garment larger by reducing (the seams, hem, etc.) 0
- noun let out to cut (fur pelts) into strips that are then sewn together to achieve suppleness, attractive shading, etc. 0
- noun let out to dismiss or be dismissed, as school 0
- verb let out To release. 0
- verb let out To allow to operate at higher speed by adjusting controls. 0
- verb let out (of clothing) To enlarge by adjusting one or more seams. 0
- verb let out (Informal) Of sound, to emit. 0
- verb let out To disclose. 0