LET GO

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does let go mean? 

• LET GO (verb)
  The verb LET GO has 2 senses:

1. release, as from one's grip
2. be relaxed

  Familiarity information: LET GO used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LET GO (verb)

Meaning:

Release, as from one's grip

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

let go; let go of; release; relinquish

Context examples:

Let go of the door handle, please! / relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "let go"):

discharge; muster out (release from military service)

unleash (release from a leash)

let loose; loose; unleash (turn loose or free from restraint)

unleash (release or vent)

bring out; let out (bring out of a specific state)

unhand (remove the hand from)

toggle (release by a toggle switch)

pop (release suddenly)

unclasp (release from a clasp)

disengage; withdraw (release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Meaning:

Be relaxed

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

Don't be so worried all the time--just let go!

Hypernyms (to "let go" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s