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let out

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. utter, emit, let out, let looseverb

    express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)

    "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"

  2. unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let outverb

    make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

    "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case"

  3. bring out, let outverb

    bring out of a specific state

  4. let out, widenverb

    make (clothes) larger

    "Let out that dress--I gained a lot of weight"

Wiktionary

  1. let outverb

    To release.

  2. let outverb

    To allow to operate at higher speed by adjusting controls.

  3. let outverb

    To enlarge by adjusting one or more seams.

  4. let outverb

    Of sound, to emit.

  5. let outverb

    To disclose.

ChatGPT

  1. let out

    "Let out" generally means to allow or cause something or someone to leave or be released from a particular place or situation. It could also refer to making a sound or noise, such as a shout or sigh. Additionally, in fashion, to "let out" refers to making a garment looser or larger by adjusting the seams.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of let out in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of let out in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of let out in a Sentence

  1. Interior Minister Jan Jambon:

    You can ask how it came about that someone was let out so early and that we missed the chance to seize him when he was in Turkey. I understand the questions, in the circumstances, it was right to take political responsibility.

  2. John Fletcher:

    Death hath so many doors to let out life.

  3. Vice President Biden:

    I think the American people want the federal government to give states monies to build prisons so no hardened criminal is let out, as they say, before his time.

  4. Barbara King:

    There was one gorilla whose long-term mate and friend died in the zoo, and he first tried to revive her, even bringing her favorite food to her and putting it in her hand and poking her, and then at some point he seemed to come to a really stunning realization that his friend was not going to move. I don’t know if that’s a concept of death, but his behavior changed and he let out a very agonizing wail and stopped trying to revive her. Clearly something cognitive and emotional happened to him at that moment.

  5. Gren Sowerby:

    I lent [sic] in to take a photo when he let out a huge roarI got the shock of my life, he roared to say: Im the King of the Jungle and then I couldnt believe it when he smiled at me like when someone winks at you to say like: Haha!


Translations for let out

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  • dejar salirSpanish
  • päästää, [[lisätä]] [[vauhtia]], paljastaa, löysätä, väljentääFinnish
  • lasa afaraRomanian

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