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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He was let out of Salem’s Essex County jail in 2022. Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 14 Feb. 2025 Rocky spent almost a month in jail before he was eventually let out. Claudia Rosenbaum, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2025 The frogs are about 0.7 inches long and let out a single loud call, according to the study. Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025 Boo then lets out two short bark-like meows, with Motnik again imitating the noise. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 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 23 Feb. 2025.

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