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let us go

let us go phrase: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let, us, go. Also the alternative form of let's go.

Phrase

let us go

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let, us, go.
    • Only Grump managed to bawl a frantic order to Herman. ‘Let us go, you mad maypole! For goodness sake let us go!’1986, Derek Sampson, Grump Goes Galumphing, London: Methuen Children’s Books, →ISBN, page 65
    • Karin had begged her parents to let us go to the party.2015, Laura Elliot, chapter 11, in The Betrayal, Ickenham: Bookouture, →ISBN, page 87

Also used as

let us go is also the alternative form of let's go.

Questions about let us go

What does let us go mean?
Let us go means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let, us, go.
What part of speech is let us go?
Let us go is a phrase.

Words near let us go in the dictionary

  1. let this cup pass from me
  2. let through
  3. let up
  4. let us
  5. let us count the ways
  6. let us go
  7. let us see
  8. let well alone
  9. let well enough alone
  10. let's
  11. let's be having you

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