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let someone

Idioms  
  1. In addition to the idioms beginning with let someone, also see under let one.


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This is why you should keep the name of a real estate agent handy, so you can just sell the house and let someone else figure out the TV problem.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

“Feel bad in the sense that you regret you can’t go and that it will have an impact on people, but don’t let someone guilt-trip you or make you feel like you’re an irresponsible person.”

From MarketWatch May 6, 2026

“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.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 19, 2025

The couple’s physical magnetism is at odds with their growing unhappiness, and in this discord, Shanks strikes imaginative new ways to portray how difficult it is to let someone go.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2025

So once he let someone know he didn’t like being called Brannie, they didn’t.

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg

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