let
Usage
What are other ways to say let?
The verb let is the familiar, conversational term for both allow and permit. Allow and permit are often interchangeable as terms that imply granting or conceding the right of someone to do something, but permit is the more positive of the two. Allow implies complete absence of an attempt, or even an intent, to hinder. Permit suggests formal or implied assent or authorization.
Example Sentences
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The trouble with Diarra Brickland is she can’t let things go.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
Speaking outside court, his daughter Joanne Moody, said she felt "really really let down".
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
In 2015 Spain amended its immigration laws to let authorities immediately reject and return migrants attempting to cross into Ceuta illegally.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The "create image" tool, rolled out Thursday, integrates Google's Nano Banana 2 image-generation technology to let users zoom into locations and build images in seconds based on Google Earth satellite, aerial and 3D-mapping data.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
“Would you let family pay at your house?”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Whiche thynge to shewe in effecte in my selfe, although by fortune some waies I haue ben letted, yet by that whiche fortune cannot debarre, some waies again I haue declared.
From The Sweating Sickness A boke or counseill against the disease commonly called the sweate or sweatyng sicknesse by Caius, John
How Lucius sent certain spies in a bushment for to have taken his knights being prisoners, and how they were letted.
From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir
His squiers, which that stoode there beside, Excused him, because of his sickness, Which letted* him to do his business: *hindered None other cause mighte make him tarry.
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing
Albeit he spake sparingly against holidays, when he gave advice to that distressed and lately reformed church, lest the work of reformation should have been letted, yet he did not allow holidays among them.
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George
How came it that some of ye—I know not whom!—thus letted and hindered my messenger?'
From The Fifth Queen Crowned by Ford, Ford Madox
And the rest of global soccer spent all week letting him know.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
"But I'm my mam and dad's daughter, and we are a bit more determined than just letting these things lie."
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
The lottery-ticket analogy suggests that you’re letting your imagination run away with you — big time.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
It’s a stinging insult: By the samurai code, Kanbei should be killed, not imprisoned — Murashige couldn’t have landed a more devastating slap than by letting him live.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Or do a quick web search for tips on letting someone down.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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