to let go meaning?

Question

What is the meaning of "to let go" idiom?

Answer 1

 

Idiom Conjugations:

 

Answer 2

Gerund Form of the Idiom:

Letting go can be a great way to relieve stress and anxiety.
 

Answer 3

Idiom Usage:

To let go can be used formally or informally depending on context.
 
Note:
To let it go often refers to releasing your mind from something that is troubling you.
 

Answer 4

 

Idiom Scenario 4:

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Idiom Scenario 2:

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A husband and wife are talking just after the husband has arrived home from work ...

Wife:  What's the matter, sweetheart?
Husband:  I didn't have a very good day at work.
Wife:  Why?  What happened?
Husband:  I was let go.
Wife:  They fired you?  You are out of work? You don't have a job?
Husband:  Yes.

Idiom Scenario 3:

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Two friends are talking ...

Friend 1:  How was you week?
Friend 2:  It was crazy busy and extremely stressful. I always have to stay in complete control.
Friend 1:  Let's go out and have some fun tonight.
Friend 2:  Excellent idea.  I really need to let go and just have fun.

Answer 6

Idiom Scenario 1:

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Two friends are talking ...

Friend 1:  Why are you so upset?
Friend 2:  My boyfriend can be such a idiot.  He makes me so angry sometimes.
Friend 1:  What did he do?
Friend 2:  He always leaves the cap off the toothpaste.
Friend 1:  Seriously?  That's why you're upset?  Perhaps you should just let it go.

Answer 7

Idiom Definition:

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"to let go"

to leave behind, to relinquish, to release

Synonyms: abdicate, cede, cut, delete, desert, discard, disregard, ditch, drop, dump, forgo, give, leave, quit, stop, surrender, vacate, withdraw, yield
 
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"to let go"

to remove someone from a job or to be removed from a job

Synonyms: ax, boot, bounce, bump, cashier, depose, discharge, dismiss, drop, kick, expel, fire, lay-off, oust, pension, retire, sack, shelve, suspend, terminate
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"to let go"

to release oneself from normal self-control and have fun

Synonyms: caper, carouse, cavort, dance, dally, divert, diversion, free, frisk, gambol, joke, kibitz, lark, play, revel, rollick, romp, sport, whoop