Phrasal Verbs With 'Let'

Let down phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Disappoint, fail to keep an arrangement
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: She failed to turn up and I felt badly LET DOWN.
  2. Meaning: Make clothes longer
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: He's grown so much, we'll have to LET his trousers DOWN.

Let in phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Allow someone to enter
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: The doorstaff didn't LET him IN the nightclub because he was wearing jeans.

Let in on phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Tell someone a secret, inform them or allow them to participate
    (Separable [obligatory] | International English)
    » Example: They LET me IN ON what they were planning.

Let off phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Not punish
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: The judge LET him OFF with a fine rather than a prison sentence since it was his first offence.

Let on phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Tell a secret
    (Intransitive | International English)
    » Example: I didn't mean to LET ON about the party; I just said it without thinking.

Let out phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Allow to leave or go out
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: The convict was LET OUT of prison after serving five years of an eight-year sentence.
  2. Meaning: Make a sound
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: He LET OUT a huge sigh of relief when he heard the results.
  3. Meaning: Make clothes bigger
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: I've put on so much weight that I'm going to have to LET my suits OUT.

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