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verb (tr, mainly adverb)

(also preposition) to allow to disembark or leave

to explode or fire (a bomb, gun, etc)

(also preposition) to excuse from (work or other responsibilities)I'll let you off for a week

to allow to get away without the expected punishment, work, etc

to let (accommodation) in portions

to release (liquid, air, etc)

let off steam See steam (def. 6)

let someone off with to give (a light punishment) to someone

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Words nearby let off

let it lay, let it rip, Let me not to the marriage of true minds / Admit impediments, let me see, Leto, let off, let off steam, l'étoile du nord, let on, let oneself go, let one's hair down

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How to use let off in a sentence

Although the blood-spattered offices will be off-limits, staff have vowed to continue producing the magazine.
France Mourns—and Hunts|Nico Hines, Christopher Dickey|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
A passing off-duty school safety officer named Fred Lucas said that he had been told the man was a drug dealer.
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The NOPD fired Knight in 1973 for stealing lumber from a construction site as an off-duty cop.
The Louisiana Racists Who Courted Steve Scalise|Jason Berry|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The off-year special election into which Duke threw himself drew little media notice at first.
The Louisiana Racists Who Courted Steve Scalise|Jason Berry|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Aaron Paul may play a young Han Solo in the first Star Wars spin-off.
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A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Jean was to be an architect—God knows why—but Aristide settled it, definitely, off-hand.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
In favorable parts of the trail he must do better than that, to off-set losses of time where the going was most difficult.
Motor Matt's "Century" Run|Stanley R. Matthews
There was something about the man that Matt liked, in spite of the deceit he had practised at the start-off of their acquaintance.
Motor Matt's "Century" Run|Stanley R. Matthews
She did not take the broad, beaten road which led to the far-off plantation of Valmonde.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin

Other Idioms and Phrases with let off

let off

Release by exploding; see blow off steam.

Allow to go free or escape; excuse from punishment. For example, They let her off from attending graduation, or The headmaster let him off with a reprimand. [Early 1800s] Also see off the hook.

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