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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On match point, Swiatek sailed a forehand long and Keys clenched both fists and let out a huge smile. Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025 The Sacramento Northern Bikeway offers a car-free passage that lines up with North 18th Street in the River District and lets out near Del Paso Boulevard. Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 18 Jan. 2025 Usually kept under lock and key, the plate has been let out for air and is currently on display for a few months at the Mapping the Infinite: Cosmologies Across Cultures exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum. Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Jan. 2025 In most cases, artists in the indie, hip-hop, pop, and country lanes are simply refusing to let the current state of the world stop them from letting out a roar and having a good time. Dan Reilly, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025 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 5 Feb. 2025.

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