let go

Definition

To release from one's grasp; to go from a state of holding on to a state of no longer holding on.

Example Sentences

• "You're hurting him! Let him go!"
• "Let go of the phone."
• "He had one hand on the bounce bottle—and he'd never let go of that since he got back to the table—but he had a handkerchief in the other and was swabbing his deadlights with it."