To let drive or fly, to discharge with violence, as a
blow, an arrow, or stone. See under Drive, and Fly.
To let in or into. (a) To permit or suffer to enter; to admit. (b) To insert, or imbed, as a piece of wood, in a recess
formed in a surface for the purpose. To let loose,
to remove restraint from; to permit to wander at large.
To let off. (a) To discharge; to let fly, as an arrow; to fire the
charge of, as a gun. (b) To release, as from an engagement or obligation.
[Colloq.]
To let out. (a) To allow to go forth; as, to let out a prisoner. (b) To extend or loosen, as the folds of a garment; to
enlarge; to suffer to run out, as a cord. (c) To lease; to give out for performance by contract, as
a job. (d) To divulge.
To let slide, to let go; to cease to care for. [Colloq.]
``
Let the world slide.'' --Shak.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |