lets go

Verb

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

1. (intransitive, transitive, with-of) To release from one's grasp; to go from a state of holding on to a state of no longer holding on.
   • You're hurting him! Let him go!

   Synonyms:

   release, unhand, leggo, relinquish

2. To emotionally disengage or distract oneself from a situation.
   • You are supported, so you can just let go and relax. Inhale and slowly exhale.2010, Gary Haymes, Go Beyond Stress
3. (euphemistic) To dismiss from employment.
   • The secretary didn't work out, so her boss told her she was being let go.

   Synonyms:

   decruit, dehire, unhire, lay off, fire, axe, can, discard, remove, discharge

4. (transitive) To ignore (a comment, etc.).
   • Cora gave her shoulders a rebellious toss. "I'm sick of always getting oysters; I'd sooner come out with you." Bradly let that go. "You had enough money this week without getting oysters, didn't you?"1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 135
5. (euphemistic, transitive) To fail to maintain a standard of appearance, behavior, or performance.
   1. (euphemistic, transitive, usually reflexively) To gain weight.
      • Wow, dude! You've really let yourself go this time!

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Phrase

let's go

1. Let us begin or get started. (a call to put a plan into action)

   Synonyms:

   let's roll, leggo

2. (colloquial) Hurry up; be quick.
   • Let's go, practice starts in five minutes.

   Synonyms:

   be quick, chop chop, come on, get a move on, hurry up, look lively, shake a leg

3. (colloquial) Bring it on. (an incitement to fight)
   • You think you're so tough, huh? Let's go then!
4. (colloquial) Yay. (an expression of pleasure, joy, relief, or satisfaction)
   • Our team is up two points already, let's go!

   Synonyms:

   come on, c'mon, carn, add oil