Let out

verb, slang

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To release. transitive

    "The students were let out of school early."

  2. 2
    make (clothes) larger wordnet
  3. 3
    Of a school: to finish for the day or term, allowing the pupils to go home. Canada, US, intransitive

    "We're gonna have practice tomorrow morning for an assembly we're giving on Thursday before school lets out for Easter."

  4. 4
    make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret wordnet
  5. 5
    To allow to operate at higher speed by adjusting controls.

    "He let out the reins when they were a mile from the barn."

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  1. 6
    express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words) wordnet
  2. 7
    To rent out.

    "We let out the house and went on a two-year world trip."

  3. 8
    bring out of a specific state wordnet
  4. 9
    To enlarge by adjusting one or more seams.

    "After the holidays he had to have his suits let out."

  5. 10
    Of sound, to emit. informal

    "The dog let out a yelp."

  6. 11
    To disclose.

    "He accidentally let out the location for the meeting."

  7. 12
    To begin to tell a story. transitive
  8. 13
    To lay off or fire someone (from a job). dated, slang, transitive

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