letout (third-person singular simple presentlets out,present participleletting out,simple past and past participlelet out)
- (transitive) Torelease.
The students werelet out of school early.
If you go into the aviary, don'tlet out any of the birds!
I was able tolet the butterflyout of the window.
- (Canada,US, intransitive) Of a school: tofinish for the day or term, allowing the pupils to go home.
1999, Laura Beckham,A Bad Seed: And Other Stories, page47:We're gonna have practice tomorrow morning for an assembly we're giving on Thursday before schoollets out for Easter.
- To allow to operate at higher speed by adjusting controls.
Helet out the reins when they were a mile from the barn.
The engineerlet out the throttle after the train crossed the bridge.
- Torent out.
Welet out the house and went on a two-year world trip.
- (of clothing) To enlarge by adjusting one or moreseams.
- Antonym:take in
- Coordinate term:let down
After the holidays he had to have his suitslet out.
- (informal) Of sound, toemit.
The doglet out a yelp.
- Todisclose.
He accidentallylet out the location for the meeting.
- (transitive) To begin to tell a story.
- (transitive, dated, slang) Tolay off orfire someone (from a job).
to allow to operate at higher speed by adjusting controls
of clothing: to enlarge by adjusting one or more seams
