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  • 11let's say — let s suppose that , supposing, it can be said that …

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  • 12let — 1 /let/ verb past tense and past participle letpresent participle letting 1 ALLOW (transitive not in passive) a) to allow someone to do something: I wanted to go out but my Dad wouldn t let me. | let sb do sth: She won t let her children play by… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 13let — let1 W1S1 [let] v past tense and past participle let present participle letting ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(allow)¦ 2¦(not stop something happening)¦ 3 let go 4 let somebody go 5¦(suggest/offer)¦ 6 let s see 7 let me think …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14let — let1 [ let ] (past tense and past participle let) verb *** ▸ 1 allow ▸ 2 for showing anger etc. ▸ 3 for giving order ▸ 4 rent room/house/etc. ▸ 5 in mathematics ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) transitive to allow something to happen: let someone/something do… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 15let — [[t]le̱t[/t]] ♦ lets, letting (The form let is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle.) 1) VERB If you let something happen, you allow it to happen without doing anything to stop or prevent it. [V n inf] People said… …

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  • 16let — I UK [let] / US verb Word forms let : present tense I/you/we/they let he/she/it lets present participle letting past tense let past participle let *** 1) a) [transitive] to allow something to happen let someone/something do something: I stepped… …

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  • 17let something slip — REVEAL, disclose, divulge, let out, give away, blurt out; give the game away; informal let on, blab, let the cat out of the bag, spill the beans; Brit. informal blow the gaff. → slip * * * let something drop/slip/ …

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  • 18let slip — phrasal : to allow to escape; especially : to impart (information) inadvertently let slip one day that he had once been married Nevil Shute * * * let slip 1. To reveal accidentally 2. To miss (an opportunity) • • • Main Entry: ↑ …

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  • 19let — see let well alone let the cobbler stick to his last let the dead bury the dead let them laugh that win live and let live let sleeping dogs lie spare at the spigot, and l …

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  • 20let something slip — who let it slip that we were hiding here? Syn: reveal, disclose, divulge, let out, give away, blurt out; give the game away; informal let on, blab, let the cat out of the bag, spill the beans …

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