let oneself go

verb

To relax and enjoy oneself without restraint.

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Meanings

verblet oneself go (third-person singular simple present lets oneself go, present participle letting oneself go, simple past and past participle let oneself go)

present singular third person lets oneself go · participle present letting oneself go

  1. idiomaticTo relax and enjoy oneself without restraint.

    Fill your lungs up, and let it out slowly. Let it out slowly and relax as you exhale. […] Just let yourself go, (name), and relax.

    2010, Bradley W. Kuhns, Investigative Hypnosis for Investigators
  2. idiomaticTo cease to care about one's appearance, allowing oneself to become unkempt, overweight, etc.

    To be frank, you are an appalling sight at this very moment; you have let yourself go — but I have known you look quite ravishing.

    2012, Fay Weldon, The Fat Woman's Joke, page 5

Translations

Finnish uppoutua, eläytyä
  • uppoutuarelax and enjoy oneself without restraint
  • eläytyärelax and enjoy oneself without restraint
  • antaa itsensä rapistuacease to care about one's appearance
French se laisser aller
  • se laisser allercease to care about one's appearance
German sich gehen lassen, sich treiben lassen
  • sich gehen lassenrelax and enjoy oneself without restraint
  • sich treiben lassenrelax and enjoy oneself without restraint
  • loslassenrelax and enjoy oneself without restraint
  • sich gehen lassencease to care about one's appearance
  • verwahrlosencease to care about one's appearance
Hungarian elengedi magát, elengedi magát
  • elengedi magátrelax and enjoy oneself without restraint
  • elengedi magátcease to care about one's appearance
Polish odpuszczać sobie, odpuścić sobie
  • odpuszczać sobierelax and enjoy oneself without restraint
  • odpuścić sobierelax and enjoy oneself without restraint
  • zaniedbywać sięcease to care about one's appearance
  • zaniedbać sięcease to care about one's appearance
  • zapuszczać sięcease to care about one's appearance
  • zapuścić sięcease to care about one's appearance
Spanish dejarse llevar, descuidarse
  • dejarse llevarrelax and enjoy oneself without restraint
  • descuidarsecease to care about one's appearance
Cite this entry
APA

let oneself go. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/let%20oneself%20go

MLA

“let oneself go.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/let%20oneself%20go. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “let oneself go,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/let%20oneself%20go.

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