let-out

noun

The act or an instance of releasing or letting out something.

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Meanings

nounlet-out (plural let-outs)

plural let-outs · alternative letout

  1. The act or an instance of releasing or letting out something.

    “I just want you to know that this whole Missteps thing has nothing to do with me or any of my staff.” A let-out of breath. “I don't know who it is, but it sounds like that letter to the editor from back when you were playing? […]”

    2014, Timothy Lane, Rules for Becoming a Legend, New York, NY: Penguin Books, published 2015, →ISBN, page unknown
  2. IrelandUKidiomaticAn opportunity to avoid or escape from a difficult or unpleasant situation.

    It has of course the brilliant let-out that it does not seek to prove that its statements are true, but only that they are “verifiable”. This principle is relatively weak: Wikipedists are supposed to be able to source their remarks.

    2007, Richard D. North, “Scrap the BBC!”: Ten Years to Set Broadcasters Free, London: Social Affairs Unit, →ISBN, page 141

Origin

Deverbal from let out.

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APA

let-out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/let-out

MLA

“let-out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/let-out. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “let-out,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/let-out.

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