let someone
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She would not let someone else she loved burn.
From Literature
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“We certainly are the free speech party…but if you let someone on a podcast to say evil things, you’re an enabler,” said Boyland, 32, of Wilmington, N.C.
"There is no point me saying if someone has let someone down," he said.
From BBC
Although there may be no meaning behind those reflexes in patients with severe brain injuries, the presence of those seemingly human expressions may make it even more difficult to let someone go.
From Slate
It’s as if a president stopped in the middle of a State of the Union speech and let someone else take the podium.
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