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Verb let out has 4 senses
- utter, emit, let out, let loose - express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out - make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"
--2 is one way to tell
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- bring out, let out - bring out of a specific state
--3 is one way to let go of, let go, release, relinquish
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
- let out, widen - make (clothes) larger; "Let out that dress--I gained a lot of weight"
--4 is one way to change, alter, vary
Antonyms: take in
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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