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lets in

lets in is the third-person singular simple present indicative of let in.

Meaning of let in

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To let someone or something come in; to admit someone or something in.
    • He opened the window to let in the air.
    Antonyms:
    keep out, lock out
    1. (transitive) To divulge one's inner thoughts to (someone), making oneself emotionally vulnerable to them; to open up to (someone).
      • So tell me when you're gonna let me in / I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin2004, “Somewhere Only We Know”, in Hopes and Fears, performed by Keane
  2. (transitive, Oxford University slang) To associate with.
    • He has also been good enough to recommend to me many tradesmen who are ready to supply these articles in any quantities; each of whom has been here already a dozen times, cap in hand, and vowing that it is quite immaterial when I pay—which is very kind of them; but, with the highest respect for...1859, Thomas Hughes, chapter 1, in Tom Brown at Oxford
  3. (UK, obsolete, slang) To cheat or victimize.
    • He let me in heavily.

Questions about lets in

What is lets in the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Lets in is the third-person singular simple present indicative of let in.

Words near lets in in the dictionary

  1. lets drive
  2. lets fluffy off the chain
  3. lets fly
  4. lets go
  5. lets go and lets God
  6. lets in
  7. lets in on
  8. lets into
  9. lets it all hang out
  10. lets it alone
  11. lets it be

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