let out

verb

let out; letting out; lets out

intransitive verb

: to conclude a session or performance
school let out in June

Examples of let out in a Sentence

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Gossett was jailed for his warrants after this traffic stop, only to be let out again and given yet another electronic monitoring device. Dave Savini, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026 And how sometimes red knows that sometimes maybe blue knows that people need to let out their red a little bit. Adam Moss, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026 Eric Billops was standing at a bus stop Wednesday afternoon as Hyde Park Academy High School was letting out for the day when witnesses told police another person in a school uniform came up to him, took a gun out of a book bag and started to fire. Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026 After sitting down at the kitchen island for a meal, Heather then chews her food with her mouth open and lets out a fake burp after taking a sip from her drink. Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for let out

Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of let out was in 1888

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“Let out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/let%20out. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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