Useful english dictionary. 2012.
let someone go — let (someone) go to end someone s employment. It was too bad that we had to let him go. The company has let go about 70 contract engineers … New idioms dictionary
let go — let (someone) go to end someone s employment. It was too bad that we had to let him go. The company has let go about 70 contract engineers … New idioms dictionary
let the genie out of the bottle — phrase to do something that causes a situation to change, so that it is no longer possible to go back to an earlier state Now the press has let the genie out of the bottle, the question is what happens next. Thesaurus: to change a… … Useful english dictionary
let it be known it known that … — let it be known/make it known that… idiom (formal) to make sure that people are informed about sth, especially by getting sb else to tell them • The President has let it be known that he does not intend to run for election again. Main entry:… … Useful english dictionary
let it be make it known that … — let it be known/make it known that… idiom (formal) to make sure that people are informed about sth, especially by getting sb else to tell them • The President has let it be known that he does not intend to run for election again. Main entry:… … Useful english dictionary
let — let1 [ let ] (past tense and past participle let) verb *** ▸ 1 allow ▸ 2 for showing anger etc. ▸ 3 for giving order ▸ 4 rent room/house/etc. ▸ 5 in mathematics ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) transitive to allow something to happen: let someone/something do… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
let the cat out of the bag — verb divulge confidential information or secrets Be careful his secretary talks • Syn: ↑spill the beans, ↑talk, ↑tattle, ↑blab, ↑peach, ↑babble, ↑sing, ↑babble out, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
let down — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms let down : present tense I/you/we/they let down he/she/it lets down present participle letting down past tense let down past participle let down 1) a) to make someone disappointed by not doing something that… … English dictionary
has — gri·has·tha; has·i·dism; has·ka·lah; has·let; has·mo·nae·an; has·na; has·sall s; has·sar; has·sock; has·socky; has·su·na; has·ta; has·tate; has·ten; has·ten·er; has·ti·lude; has·tings·ite; has·tu·la; pan·has; tal·la·has·see; has·si·um; has;… … English syllables
let up — informal 1) the rain has let up Syn: abate, lessen, decrease, diminish, subside, relent, slacken, die down/off, ease (off), tail off; ebb, wane, dwindle, fade; stop, cease, finish 2) … Thesaurus of popular words
