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let be

Variant of let

let definition

let (let)

transitive verb let, letting let′·ting

to leave; forsake; abandon: now only in phrases let alone or let be, to refrain from bothering, disturbing, touching, etc.
1. to give the use of (a house, room, etc.) to a tenant in return for rent; rent; hire out
2. to give out (work), assign (a contract), etc.
to allow or cause to escape; cause to flow or come out, as by shedding, emitting, etc. to let blood
to allow to pass, come, or go let me in
to allow; permit: followed by an infinitive, normally without to[let me help], or by an adverb, etc. with the verb itself unexpressed [let me up]
to cause to; make: usually with know or hear let me hear from you

Etymology: ME leten < OE lætan, to leave behind, akin to Ger lassen < IE *lēd- < base *lēi-, to neglect, leave behind > late, L letum, death

intransitive verb

to be rented or leased house to let

let Idioms

let alone

see letabove & see the phrase under alone

let down

to lower
to slow up; relax; slacken
to disappoint or fail

let off

to give forth (steam, etc.)
to excuse from work for a short time
to deal leniently with; release with light punishment or none

let on

Informal

to indicate one's awareness of a fact
to pretend

let out

to allow to flow, run, etc. away; release
to give forth; emit
to lease or rent out
to reveal (a secret, etc.)
to make a garment larger by reducing (the seams, hem, etc.)
to cut (fur pelts) into strips that are then sewn together to achieve suppleness, attractive shading, etc.
☆ to dismiss or be dismissed, as school

let someone have it

to attack, hit, shoot, etc. someone

let up