let
Usage
What are other ways to say let?
The verb let is the familiar, conversational term for both allow and permit. Allow and permit are often interchangeable as terms that imply granting or conceding the right of someone to do something, but permit is the more positive of the two. Allow implies complete absence of an attempt, or even an intent, to hinder. Permit suggests formal or implied assent or authorization.
Example Sentences
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After half an hour, he recalled, “we got tired and let ’em arrest us.”
From Los Angeles Times
"And I can guarantee you that MPs are not in the market for letting anything slip through the cracks," he added.
From BBC
“And they’re always making the team better. It’s kind of like, right now, it feels like you have to win. It’s not like, ‘OK, let’s try to win.
From Los Angeles Times
"We were determined we would not let one bullet kill the movement," he later said.
From BBC
"Move beyond fossil fuels and let clean energy power the next stage of development."
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
