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lets out

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

Meaning of let out

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To release.
    • The students were let out of school early.
  2. (Canada, US, intransitive) Of a school: to finish for the day or term, allowing the pupils to go home.
    • We're gonna have practice tomorrow morning for an assembly we're giving on Thursday before school lets out for Easter.1999, Laura Beckham, A Bad Seed: And Other Stories, page 47
  3. To allow to operate at higher speed by adjusting controls.
    • He let out the reins when they were a mile from the barn.
  4. To rent out.
    • We let out the house and went on a two-year world trip.
  5. To enlarge by adjusting one or more seams.
    • After the holidays he had to have his suits let out.
    Antonyms:
    take in
  6. (informal) Of sound, to emit.
    • The dog let out a yelp.

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Questions about lets out

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

Words near lets out in the dictionary

  1. lets one off
  2. lets one's guard down
  3. lets one's hair down
  4. lets one's nuts hang
  5. lets oneself go
  6. lets out
  7. lets past
  8. lets sleeping dogs lie
  9. lets slide
  10. lets slip
  11. lets someone down gently

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