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let out

let out


verb 
Definition:
 
1. transitive verb make loud yell: to make a loud or piercing sound using the voice
let out a scream

2. transitive verb release somebody or something: to set a person or animal free from being confined or trapped

3. transitive verb allow somebody to leave: to allow somebody to leave someplace such as a building or room

4. transitive verb enlarge garment: to make a piece of clothing, or a specific part of it, wider than it was before

5. transitive verb spread information: to allow previously secret information to become more widely known

6. transitive verb rent out place: to make a place available for letting
They have recently let out a suite of rooms on the third floor.

7. intransitive verb end and release students: to come to an end and release students at the end of a session or term
classes let out in early June

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