English Explanatory Dictionary

let out

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To release.
  2. Of a school: to finish for the day or term, allowing the pupils to go home.
  3. To allow to operate at higher speed by adjusting controls.
  4. To rent out.
  5. To enlarge by adjusting one or more seams.
  6. Of sound, to emit.
  7. To disclose.
  8. To begin to tell a story.
  9. To lay off or fire someone (from a job).

Pronunciation

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Word forms

let out lets out letting out

Antonyms

take in
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