let go

phraseB12 meaningsNot compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

To let go is to release your grip. Also, to stop holding on to the past.

The physical sense takes of, so letting go of a rope, and it can be the most frightening instruction there is. The emotional sense is one of the most used phrases in modern English about grief and resentment, and learning to let go is close to a cliché precisely because it is difficult. There is a third and euphemistic sense, since being let go means being made redundant.

Definitions of let go

1phraselet goTo release your hold on something.B1
“Do not let go until I say so.”
2phrasestopTo stop dwelling on something painful.B2
“She found it hard to let go after all those years.”

Practised in Phrasal Verbs, A Man Called Ove

First appears in chapter 5 of A Man Called Ove.

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let go

phraseB12 meaningsNot compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

To let go is to release your grip. Also, to stop holding on to the past.

Definitions of let go

1phraselet goTo release your hold on something.B1
“Do not let go until I say so.”
2phrasestopTo stop dwelling on something painful.B2
“She found it hard to let go after all those years.”

Practised in Phrasal Verbs, A Man Called Ove

First appears in chapter 5 of A Man Called Ove.

Practise this word