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let out

• utter a sound or cry.
• "he let out a sigh of happiness"
Similar: utter, emit, give vent to, produce, give, issue, express, air, voice, verbalize, release, pour out, come out with,
Opposite: suppress,
• release someone from obligation or suspicion.
• "they've started looking for motives—that lets me out"
• (of a lesson, meeting, or event) finish, so that those attending are able to leave.
• "his classes let out at noon"
• make a garment looser or larger, typically by adjusting a seam.
• "the dress is too tight—perhaps it could be let out"

let-out noun

• an opportunity to escape from or avoid a difficult situation.
• "the country won a let-out for its factories to continue burning dirty brown coal"


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