n. 25B6; verb
let him sleep for now : ALLOW, permit, give permission to, give leave to, authorize, sanction, grant the right to, license, empower, enable, entitle; assent to, consent to, agree to, acquiesce in, tolerate, countenance, give one's blessing to, give assent to, give someone/something the nod; informal give the green light to, give the go-ahead to, give the thumbs up to, OK; formal accede to; archaic suffer.
Wilcox opened the door to let her through : ALLOW TO GO, permit to pass; make way for.
they've let their flat : RENT (OUT), let out, lease, hire (out), sublet, sublease.
prevent, prohibit.
25A0; let someone down FAIL (TO SUPPORT), fall short of expectation, disappoint, disillusion; abandon, desert, leave stranded, leave in the lurch.
25A0; let something down LENGTHEN, make longer.
25A0; let fly
he let fly with a brick : HURL, fling, throw, propel, pitch, lob, toss, launch; shoot, fire, blast; informal chuck, sling, heave.
she let fly at Geoffrey : LOSE ONE'S TEMPER WITH, lash out at, scold, chastise, chide, rant at, inveigh against, rail against; explode, burst out, let someone have it; informal carpet, give someone a rocket, tear someone off a strip; formal excoriate.
25A0; let go RELEASE (ONE'S HOLD ON), loose/loosen one's hold on, relinquish; archaic unhand.
25A0; let someone go MAKE REDUNDANT, dismiss, discharge, lay off, give notice to, axe; informal sack, fire, give someone their cards, give someone their marching orders, send packing, give someone the boot/push, give someone the (old) heave-ho.
25A0; let someone in ALLOW TO ENTER, allow in, admit, open the door to; receive, welcome, greet.
25A0; let someone in on something INCLUDE, count in, admit, allow to share in, let participate in, inform about, tell about.
25A0; let something off DETONATE, discharge, explode, set off, fire off.
25A0; let someone off
(informal) I'll let you off this time : PARDON, forgive, grant an amnesty to; deal leniently with, be merciful to, have mercy on; acquit, absolve, exonerate, clear, vindicate; informal let someone off the hook; formal exculpate.
he let me off work : EXCUSE FROM, exempt from, spare from.
25A0; let on (informal)
I never let on that I felt anxious : REVEAL, make known, tell, disclose, mention, divulge, let slip, give away, make public; blab; informal let the cat out of the bag, give the game away.
they all let on they didn't hear me : PRETEND, feign, affect, make out, make believe, simulate.
25A0; let something out
I let out a cry of triumph : UTTER, emit, give (vent to), produce, issue, express, voice, release.
she let out that he'd given her a lift home : REVEAL, make known, tell, disclose, mention, divulge, let slip, give away, let it be known, blurt out.
25A0; let someone out RELEASE, liberate, (set) free, let go, discharge; set/turn loose, allow to leave.
25A0; let up (informal)
the rain has let up : ABATE, lessen, decrease, diminish, subside, relent, slacken, die down/off, ease (off), tail off; ebb, wane, dwindle, fade; stop, cease, finish.
you never let up, do you? : RELAX, ease up/off, slow down; pause, break (off), take a break, rest, stop; informal take a breather.
I promise I'll let up on him : TREAT LESS SEVERELY, be more lenient with, be kinder to; informal go easy on.