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

But what your perception is, and what your mindset is to those things that have happened, letting go of the past. — Alex Ritman, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026

That is where the risk shows up, when someone is let go for missing a goal nobody wrote down. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

After 17 years of loss, that night felt like something finally letting go. — Austin Evans, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2026

Roughly 1,000 staffers were let go, and both chief content officer Bela Bajaria and film chief Dan Lin were shown the door. — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 19 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for let go

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