let go

phrase

1

: to relax or release one's hold

—used with of

let go of stress

—Kathy McCoy

let go of my arm

2

: to abandon self-restraint : let fly

spoke in clipped sentences, as if fearful of letting go

—David Kline

there just to party, just to let go

—Philippe Vergne

3

: to dismiss from employment

the firm let him go at the end of the month

4

: to fail to take care of : neglect

let himself go and got real fat

—Bill Parcells

Examples of let go in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Andre Blake saved two shots for Philadelphia, which has won four in a row under 37-year-old interim coach Ryan Richter after Bradley Carnell was let go in late May. — Cbs New York Team, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026

But instead he was let go, and then the station took days to address the firing publicly. — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2026

The danger Pelath is concerned about is when the river banks are saturated, some root systems let go, sending more trees into the river and weakening the banks. — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026

The Scherers weren’t the only ones who never let go of Cheryl’s case. — Dateline Nbc, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for let go

• acknow
• aglow
• ago
• airglow
• aloe
• altho
• although
• ammo
• backflow
• backhoe
• banjo
• barbeau