Collocations for "let"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "let" in context.
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let
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- let me [come, cook, speak]
- let me tell you [that, about]
- let me think about it
- let me know (if)
- let [him, her child] [go]
- let the [dog, cat] out
- let me in
- (won't) let me in on [the joke, their secret]
- my [Mom, Dad, parents] won't let me
- would [never, not] let me
- let the [garden, tomatoes] die
- let them into the [garden, house, room, office]
- let him think he [won, was right, was the best]
- just let them try!
- (really) let me down
- let her down easy
- let her off the hook for the [party, dinner, ceremony]
- let's [go, make, eat]
- let's try to [do it, get along, fix it]
- let up on the [criticism, complaints]
- [if, when] the rain lets up
- (just) isn't letting up
- let go of the [rope, reins, past]
- (just) let it go
- let bygones be bygones
- let your hair down
- UK: [a furnished, an unfurnished] let
- UK: (for, on) a [six-month] let
- UK: taken the house on a [six-month] let
- tennis: served a let
- tennis: that's another let
- that was a real let-down
- tennis: (is) a let serve
'let' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ASAP
- Dutch
- Lord
- Polish
- TV
- Tuesday
- accuracy
- aching
- administration
- advance
- adventure
- agenda
- agree
- almighty
- alone
- anger
- argument
- aside
- associate
- backpack
- badge
- bag
- baggage
- ball
- basement
- bathtub
- battle
- bed
- beg
- begin
- bellow
- beloved
- beware
- bill
- bite
- blind
- bliss
- boil
- boob
- boy
- break
- breast
- brew
- broccoli
- bullshit
- business
- busy
- butcher
- cafeteria
- café