Verb
(third-person singular simple present lets go, present participle letting go, simple past and past participle let go)
- Used other than as an idiom: see let, go.
- Please, Mom, can you let me go to her party?
- (intransitive, with of and , 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.
- You're hurting him! Let him go! Let go of the phone.
- 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) To fail to maintain a standard of appearance, behavior, or performance.
- (euphemistic, usually reflexively) To gain weight
- Wow, dude! You've really let yourself go this time!
- (euphemistic, usually reflexively) To gain weight
