LET OUT


Meaning of LET OUT in English

let out phrasal verb ( see also ↑ let )

1 . let out something to suddenly make a loud sound such as a shout or cry

let out a scream/cry/roar etc

He let out a cry of disbelief.

2 . let something ↔ out to make a piece of clothing wider or looser, especially because it is too tight

3 . let something ↔ out British English to charge someone an amount of money for the use of a room or building:

We’re letting out our son’s old room to a student.

4 . American English if a school, college, film etc lets out, it ends and the people attending it can leave:

What time does the movie let out?

⇨ let the cat out of the bag at ↑ cat (2)

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.