let out
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English
Definitions
verb
- To release.“If you go into the aviary, don't let out any of the birds!”
- Of a school: to finish for the day or term, allowing the pupils to go home.
- To allow to operate at higher speed by adjusting controls.“He let out the reins when they were a mile from the barn.”
- (of clothing) To enlarge by adjusting one or more seams.“After the holidays he had to have his suits let out.”