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

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Everyone around me got to breathe and scream and let out their frustrations about our nation in the most delightful way imaginable. Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026 While horses will be let out of the stables to exercise during the weekend, the refresher will be a classroom exercise. Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 19 June 2026 Jessica Martin, a New York mother of two who works full-time in marketing, said for her family, summer planning begins months before school lets out. ABC News, 18 June 2026 When a Knicks game lets out at the Garden or concertgoers from the Meadowlands pour out of Penn Station, crowds pack the Tick Tock’s orange-and-green banquettes and the line snakes out the door. Literary Hub, 17 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for let out

Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of let out was in 1888

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“Let out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/let%20out. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.

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