let (someone or something) be
Definition of let (someone or something) be
: to not bother or touch (someone or something) Please let me be. I'm not in the mood for company. That's a valuable vase. Let it be.
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: hinder, prevent
: something that impedes : obstruction
: a shot or point in racket games that does not count and must be replayed
: to cause to : make
: to offer or grant for rent or lease
: to assign especially after bids
: some indeterminate or unspecified thing
: a person or thing of consequence
: one having more or less the character, qualities, or nature of something different
: in some degree : somewhat
: used as an intensive giving adverbial force to an adjective
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