let off

See also: let-off

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

let off (third-person singular simple present lets off, present participle letting off, simple past and past participle let off)

1. (transitive) To cause to explode or come out; to release.

   Synonyms: detonate, let out, set off, touch off

   Stand back when you let off fireworks.

   to let off a fart

2. (transitive, idiomatic) To forgive and not punish.

   Synonyms: excuse, pardon

   The boss let me off for breaking the office window, when in theory she could have fined me about 30 dollars.

3. (intransitive, idiomatic) Synonym of leave off.
4. To ease off.

   Synonym: let up

   You let off the throttle while you're shifting, then you resume once you've caught the next gear.

Derived terms

• let-off (noun)

Translations

to cause to explode or come out; to release.

• Polish: powodować wybuch impf, spowodować wybuch pf

to forgive and not punish

• Polish: puszczać wolno impf, puścić wolno pf

to leave off

• Esperanto: ĉesi (eo)
• German: aufhören (de)
• Māori: kātirawhe, waiho atu
• Old English: āteorian
• Polish: przestawać (pl) impf, przestać (pl) pf, cichnąć (pl) impf, ucichnąć pf, słabnąć (pl) impf, osłabnąć (pl) pf, ustępować (pl) impf, ustąpić (pl) pf

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