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 then Mehmet is let go from his job teaching esoteric music practices to university students and the household’s sole steady source of income is gone. — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026

What struck me then, and has stayed with me ever since, is that lasting leadership development requires an identity shift—one contingent on letting go of assumptions, beliefs and ways of operating. — Carol Geffner, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Grace let go, as though letting her daughter go was the most natural thing in the world. — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

For Brashares, letting go of her kids’ and husband’s old clothes always felt a little like throwing away more than tattered items. — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 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