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

Chad Tracy is an attention-to-detail kind of guy, which helps explain why the Boston Red Sox liberated him from Triple-A obscurity in April to be their interim manager after Alex Cora was let go. — Steve Buckley, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Sanchez was let go by Fox Sports in November and replaced by Drew Brees. — ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026

For starters, this isn’t his first deal with LVMH, which rarely lets go of a brand but sold Donna Karan as well as DKNY to G-III for $650 million in 2016. — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026

After learning he was being let go by the Chiefs, Elam took to social media and echoed what Reid has said about players who wouldn’t make KC’s 53-man roster. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 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