VERB
- bring out of a specific state
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express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
She let out a big heavy sigh
He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand -
make (clothes) larger
Let out that dress--I gained a lot of weight -
make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
unwrap the evidence in the murder case
he broke the news to her
The newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings
bring out the truth
The actress won't reveal how old she is
The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold
How To Use let out In A Sentence
- My first indication that I'm going to need to let out my belt a couple of notches comes at the hotel's raclette and fondue evening.
- A great splosh to their left caused them again to stop in their tracks and the Countess let out a little squeal. THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY
- While he was busy, I punched a Tylenol caplet out of its plastic bubble. Ancient, Strange, and Lovely
- Jayson drew his swallow and jumped off his stead as Virgo let out a bellow as he tried to scare off the attackers.
- The actress let out a scream as she tobogganed down a hill at the ski resort of Banff in Alberta, Canada.
- Vary the story to take in the white collar worker, the ice man let out with the coming of the frigidaire, the clerk displaced for the young graduate, vary it to include, if you will, the "chiseller" and the exploiter, but remembering that suffering, need, idleness and despair play their own part in turning the man who cannot work into the man who will not work. Canada's Problems in Relief and Assistance
- Government regulations mean you can let out a furnished room for a certain amount of tax-free income. The Sun
- Maura let out a nervous guffaw before clapping her hand over her mouth again, keeping her giggles silent.
- Wash it and dry it so that later washings, once the quilt is finished and used, won't shrink your coverlet out of shape.
- The rain was falling heavily when the theatres let out, and the brilliant throng which poured from the places of amusement was hard put to find cabs. CARRYING THE BANNER