let go meaning
ENWLet Go
- Let Go may refer to:
- VerbSGlets goPRletting go
- Used other than as an idiom: 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.
- He had one hand on the bounce bottle—and he'd never let go of that since he got back to the table—but he had a handkerchief in the other and was swabbing his deadlights with it.
- To emotionally disengage or to distract oneself from a situation.
- (euphemistic) To dismiss from employment.
- 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.
- Wow, dude! You've really let yourself go this time!
- Used other than as an idiom: see let, go.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- The defendant was not innocent, but he was let go with time served.
- The girls had to clinging on so they didn't let go of my hands.
- You'll only get gnashing of teeth from the spergy nerds who can't let go of their ancient UNIX clone.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of let go in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Verbs
- Intransitive verbs
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- Intransitive verbs
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this idiom "let go" is a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.