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let past

let past verb: to allow someone to pass or get past one.

Verb

let past (third-person singular simple present lets past, present participle letting past, simple past and past participle let past)

  1. (usually) To allow someone to pass or get past one.
    • This guy is right up on my tail, so I will slow down to let him past.

Forms of let past

third-person singular presentlets past
present participleletting past
past participlelet past
pastlet past

Questions about let past

What does let past mean?
Let past means to allow someone to pass or get past one.
What part of speech is let past?
Let past is a verb.
What is the past tense of let past?
The past tense of let past is let past.

Words near let past in the dictionary

  1. let one's hair down
  2. let one's nuts hang
  3. let one's short back and sides down
  4. let oneself go
  5. let out
  6. let past
  7. let rip
  8. let sleeping dogs lie
  9. let slide
  10. let slip
  11. let someone down gently

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