let sb/sth out
— phrasal verb with let uk/let/us/let/verb present participle letting, past tense and past participle let
B2 to allow someone or something to leave a place, especially by opening a closed or locked door:
I heard a voice from the cupboard shouting "Let me out!"
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- I opened the door and let them out.
- When we wanted to leave, he refused to let us out.
- He kept the dog in a cage and never let it out.
- Press the button if you want us to let you out.
- Let me out of here immediately!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Departing
- abandon
- absquatulate
- backward
- be ready to roll idiom
- bog
- desertion
- drive
- go down
- hit
- parting
- piss
- push off
- ready
- road
- run
- run away
- sally
- sally forth idiom
- walk out
- without (so much as) a backward glance idiom
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Allowing and permitting