āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to let off
[phrase form: let]
01
āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻā§āĻˇāĻŽāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
to not punish someone for a wrongdoing, or only give them a light punishment
Transitive: to let off sb with a small punishment | to let off sb for a wrongdoing
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The teacher let the student off with a detention for their prank, considering it a harmless act of mischief.
āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ¤ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻļā§āĻ§ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻ˛āĻāĻž āĻļāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨, āĻāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻš āĻĻā§āĻˇā§āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸āĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
02
āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĢā§āĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§
to cause an explosive weapon to discharge
Transitive: to let off an explosive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The careless individual let a firecracker off in a crowded area, causing panic and chaos.
āĻ
āĻ¸āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¨āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¤āĻļāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§, āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻ¤āĻā§āĻ āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻā§āĻāĻ˛āĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
03
āĻŽāĻžāĻĢ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to allow someone to be excused from a responsibility, obligation, or expectation
Dialect
British
BritishTransitive: to let off sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The manager let the employee off from work to attend their child's school play.
āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§āĻā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻžāĻāĻ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
