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let through

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verb

  1. (tr) to allow to pass (through)

    the invalid was let through to the front of the queue

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The charitable trust owns 27 properties, a portfolio worth £5m, and manages other properties that are let through the organisation.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Most were let through, but a couple of teenagers were stopped and taken into a van.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2024

The individual images were taken through filters that let through light of different colours, which were then combined into the final result presented here.

From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2023

Two trucks per hour are being let through at Medyka, the protesters say, with exemptions for humanitarian aid and war supplies.

From Reuters • Nov. 27, 2023

It was the main passage to the upper floors, and I would need to let through all the officers who had to pass, then lock it back up.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

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