let go of
idiom
: to stop holding or gripping (something or someone)
Let go of my hand.
He let go of the rope.
—often used figurativelyYou need to let go of the past.
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Major labels sold their vinyl pressing plants and let go of their manufacturing employees, and many of the pressing machines were sold for scrap (Bertelsmann alone reportedly scrapped 150 machines).
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Fred Goldring, Billboard, 9 May 2025
Back at camp, David still can't let go of the loss (to a hilarious degree that has Kyle laughing).
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
My conversations with Bam, and this is what [Erik Spoelstra] says all the time, don’t let go of the [expletive] rope.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2025
Bet this is something Bill Hader will never let go of: getting fired for ruining the ending of Titanic to a bunch of sorority girls at a movie theater.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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Fred Goldring, Billboard, 9 May 2025
Back at camp, David still can't let go of the loss (to a hilarious degree that has Kyle laughing).
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
My conversations with Bam, and this is what [Erik Spoelstra] says all the time, don’t let go of the [expletive] rope.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2025
Bet this is something Bill Hader will never let go of: getting fired for ruining the ending of Titanic to a bunch of sorority girls at a movie theater.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Let go of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/let%20go%20of. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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