let someone have it
11let someone down — FAIL (TO SUPPORT), fall short of expectation, disappoint, disillusion; abandon, desert, leave stranded, leave in the lurch. → let * * * fail to support or help someone as they had hoped or expected ■ let someone/something down have a detrimental… …
12let someone down — fail to support or help someone. ↘(let someone/thing down) have a detrimental effect on someone or something. → let …
13let someone off — 1) informal I ll let you off this time Syn: pardon, forgive, grant an amnesty to; deal leniently with, be merciful to, have mercy on; acquit, absolve, exonerate, clear, vindicate; informal let someone off the hook; formal exculpate 2) he let me… …
14let smb have it — hit someone hard He really let the other man have it when they got into a fight on the bus …
15let someone/thing down — have a detrimental effect on someone or something. → let …
16let someone/something loose — release someone or something let the dog loose for a minute ■ allow someone freedom of action in a particular place or situation people are only let loose on the system once they have received sufficient training ■ suddenly utter a sound or… …
17let someone be the judge of something — used for saying that someone should have their own opinion about something and not accept what they are told Jane says I m good at cooking, but I ll let you be the judge of that! …
18let — let1 [let] vt. let, letting [ME leten < OE lætan, to leave behind, akin to Ger lassen < IE * lēd < base * lēi , to neglect, leave behind > LATE, L letum, death] 1. to leave; forsake; abandon: now only in phrases let alone or let be or …
19let have it — let (someone) have it informal : to attack, punish, or criticize (someone) in a violent or angry way When she found out what they d been doing, she really let them have it. • • • Main Entry: ↑let …
20let have it — let (someone) have it to attack someone physically or with words. When Joe got home late, Ann really let him have it …
