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let off |
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let someone (get) off (something) to permit someone to disembark, dismount, or leave something. Please move and let me get off the bus. Let her off! See also: let let someone off (easy) and let someone off to release or dismiss someone without punishment. The judge didn't let me off easy. The judge let off Mary with a warning. See also: let let something off to release something; to give something off. The engine let some evil smelling smoke off. The flower let off a wonderful smell. See also: let let somebody off to not punish someone The judge let the boys off because they hadn't ever been in trouble before. Related vocabulary: off the hookSee also: let How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But he could not let off peasants who did not pay their rent, nor let them fall into arrears. The last item on the programme was a grand display of fireworks, to be let off exactly at midnight. The chec and his attendants, though I had given them notice that we were going to let off our guns in honour of the King their master, could not forbear trembling at the fire and noise. |
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