Word.ws English Dictionary

lets it be

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

Meaning of let it be

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To leave something to follow its natural course; this involves desisting from any intent to intervene.
    • Near-synonyms: let sleeping dogs lie, let a sleeping dog lie, let bygones be bygones, let nature take its course

Questions about lets it be

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

Words near lets it be in the dictionary

  1. lets in
  2. lets in on
  3. lets into
  4. lets it all hang out
  5. lets it alone
  6. lets it be
  7. lets it be known
  8. lets lie
  9. lets loose
  10. lets nature take her course
  11. lets nature take its course

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: lets it be (page history and authors); let it be (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “lets it be.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/lets_it_be. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.