let out

Speech parts

1. let out - Noun

2. let out - Verb

Meaning

bring out of a specific state

make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)

make (clothes) larger

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

let-out

Synonyms

break reveal discover emit expose utter disclose uncover widen divulge unwrap bring out give away let loose let on
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Antonyms

control contain bridle cram check suppress
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Hypernyms

change release vary tell alter relinquish

Hyponyms

crow bray coo baa moo mew

Examples

Imprisoned in every fat man a thin man is wildly signaling to be let out. Cyril Connolly

Death hath so many doors to let out life. John Fletcher

Death hath a thousand doors to let out life. Philip Massinger

He had been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams out of cucumbers, which were to be put in phials hermetically sealed, and let out to warm the air in raw inclement summers. Jonathan Swift

Spare at the spigot, and let out the bunghole. Dutch Proverb

While there's nothing to do in April, let out the herd to pasture with all the sheep. Sicilian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

let one's hair down let oneself go let oneself in for let out a fart let out from let out of bag