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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