let out

phraseB22 meaningsNot compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

To let out a garment is to make it wider. Unpick the seam, and use the spare fabric inside.

Tailoring keeps the spare material precisely so this is possible, and letting out a waistband is the standard alteration. Its opposite is to take in. It splits round an object. There are several other senses: letting out a cry means making one, letting a room out means renting it, and letting somebody out means releasing them from a room or a promise.

Definitions of let out

1phraselet outTo make a garment wider or looser.B2
“The tailor can let out the jacket a little.”
2phrasereleaseTo release somebody or something.B1
“Would you let out the cat before you go up?”

Practised in A Man Called Ove, Knitting & Sewing

First appears in chapter 31 of A Man Called Ove.

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let out

phraseB22 meaningsNot compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

To let out a garment is to make it wider. Unpick the seam, and use the spare fabric inside.

Definitions of let out

1phraselet outTo make a garment wider or looser.B2
“The tailor can let out the jacket a little.”
2phrasereleaseTo release somebody or something.B1
“Would you let out the cat before you go up?”

Practised in A Man Called Ove, Knitting & Sewing

First appears in chapter 31 of A Man Called Ove.

Practise this word