let out
let
lɛt
let
out
aƊt
awt
/lˈɛt ˈaʊt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "let out"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to let out
[phrase form: let]
01

āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to make a sudden, uncontrolled vocal sound as a reaction to an emotion
Transitive: to let out a vocal sound
to let out definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The crowd let out a collective gasp of surprise as the magician performed an unexpected illusion.
āϜāĻžāĻĻ⧁āĻ•āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāĻ—āϤ āύāĻŋāσāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
02

āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĢāĻžāρāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to reveal confidential information to the public
Transitive: to let out confidential information
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hacker let the personal information of millions of users out, creating a privacy scandal and exposing individuals to potential identity theft or fraud.
āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ—āϤ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āĻĢāĻžāρāϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ⧀āϝāĻŧāϤāĻž āϕ⧇āϞ⧇āĻ™ā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§āϝ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāϝāĻŧ āϚ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āϜāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϤāĻŋāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āωāĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
03

āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĸāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to alter a garment to increase its overall size or looseness
Transitive: to let out a garment
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The tailor let the sleeves of the jacket out to make them fit the wearer ’s longer arms.
āĻĻāĻ°ā§āϜāĻŋ āĻœā§āϝāĻžāϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻšāĻžāϤāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϧāĻžāύāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āϰ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāύāĻžāύāϏāχ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
04

āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻāĻŋāύ, āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ

to eliminate someone from a possibility or obligation
Transitive: to let out sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The witness statement lets the friend out, as it confirms that they were at the library during the time of the robbery.
āϏāĻžāĻ•ā§āώ⧀āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧃āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āϕ⧇ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĄāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϤāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϞāĻžāχāĻŦā§āϰ⧇āϰāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
05

āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to allow someone or something to exit a confined space
Transitive: to let out sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The zookeeper let out the lioness for public viewing.
āϚāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ–āĻžāύāĻžāϰ āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āϜāύāϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāϪ⧇āϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏāĻŋāĻ‚āĻšā§€āϕ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
06

āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

(of classes, movies, meetings, etc.) to reach an end, allowing participants to depart
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
When the film let out, the audience began to exit the theater.
āϝāĻ–āύ āϏāĻŋāύ⧇āĻŽāĻž āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāϞ⧋, āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ•āϰāĻž āĻĨāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϟāĻžāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
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