let out

verb

let out; letting out; lets out

intransitive verb

: to conclude a session or performance

school let out in June

Examples of let out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Alcaraz, who had spent most of the night looking disoriented, serve-and-drop-volleyed off a rocket return, got one more error, let out a yell and came alive. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

The startled deputy lets out a scream and races back toward his patrol vehicle. — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026

What felt wrong to Evie was that Beulah was ever let out at all. — Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026

And there was never a set schedule for that one hour he would be let out and allowed to use the phone. — Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 31 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for let out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout