Antonyms for lets out

Grammar : Verb

Spell : let

Phonetic Transcription : lɛt

Definition of lets out

Origin : Old English lætan "to allow to remain; let go, leave, depart from; leave undone; to allow; bequeath," also "to rent" (class VII strong verb; past tense let, past participle læten), from Proto-Germanic *letan (cf. Old Saxon latan, Old Frisian leta, Dutch laten, German lassen, Gothic letan "to leave, let"), from PIE *le- "to let go, slacken" (cf. Latin lassus "faint, weary," Lithuanian leisti "to let, to let loose;" see lenient). If that derivation is correct, the primary sense would be "let go through weariness, neglect."
Of blood, from late Old English. To let (something) slip originally (1520s) was a reference to hounds on a leash; figurative use from 1540s. To let (someone) off "allow to go unpunished" is from 1814. To let on "reveal, divulge" is from 1725; to let up "cease, stop" is from 1787. Let alone "not to mention" is from 1812.

As in lengthen : verb extend
As in let on : verb acknowledge, admit
As in liberate : verb give freedom
As in loan : verb give money, possession temporarily
As in loose/loosen : verb set free; unbind
As in milk : verb tap; exploit
As in reveal : verb disclose, tell
As in trust : verb give to for safekeeping
As in vocalize : verb put into words or song
As in weep : verb cry
As in blab : verb gossip
As in blurt : verb utter suddenly
As in loosen : verb unbind
As in break : verb tell news
As in parole : verb discharge
As in manumit : verb free
As in pink-slip : verb dismiss
As in prolongate : verb lengthen
As in communicate : verb give or exchange information, ideas
As in cry : verb weep and make sad sounds
As in discharge : verb dismiss from responsibility
As in dismiss : verb send away, remove; free
As in dismiss : verb remove from job, responsibility
As in elongate : verb make longer
As in exhale : verb breathe out
As in expose : verb reveal
As in extend : verb make larger, longer
As in free : verb liberate, let go
As in give away : verb reveal

Example sentences :

Hamlet lets out inadvertently that he was fat, but he will not say so openly.
Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

Then she lets out a shriek, like maybe she is going to pieces.
Extract from : « The Flying Cuspidors » by V. R. Francis

To save his cussed carcass, he lets out about who his dad is.
Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet

This time he lets out a snort like a freight startin' up a grade.
Extract from : « Torchy As A Pa » by Sewell Ford

If you tread on a snake he lets out at you just the same way.
Extract from : « The Ghost Girl » by H. De Vere Stacpoole

We get it from the landlady's brother, who has a horse and chaise which he lets out for hire.
Extract from : « No Name » by Wilkie Collins

He done wonderful well, buyin' traps an' openin' new trails, which he lets out on shares.
Extract from : « The Gaunt Gray Wolf » by Dillon Wallace

It is not while receiving punishment but administering it that the prize-fighter opens his shoulders and lets out.
Extract from : « Riding Recollections, 5th ed. » by G. J. Whyte-Melville

From what she lets out now and then, I'm pretty sure she's had a real good time; but, do you know, she won't acknowledge it.
Extract from : « We Ten » by Lyda Farrington Kraus

One objection to the wire crotchet is, that it tears the membranes, and lets out the liquor amnii, and perhaps the embryo.
Extract from : « A System of Midwifery » by Edward Rigby

Synonyms for lets out

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