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

When the United Nations Refugee Agency, which had heard about her case from a fellow prisoner’s husband, contacted Thai authorities to appeal for their release, she was let go, and allowed to stay in Thailand. — Andrew Nachemson, The Dial, 22 Sep. 2026

Corman and Ord — who had aimed for a more episodic structure and less dark tone than the Netflix series had — were let go, and Scardapane, a writer and executive producer on Marvel’s Punisher series at Netflix, came aboard as showrunner. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026

Barber, a sports announcer who’d been calling games for three decades and for the Yankees for 13 years, was let go the following week. — Michele Metych Britannica Editors Sep. 21, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Sep. 2026

Another female juror who spoke to WBZ-TV of Boston anonymously chalked it up to someone who couldn’t let go of his convictions. — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 18 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