"let off" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-let off.ogg Forms: lets off [present, singular, third-person], letting off [participle, present], let off [participle, past], let off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|let<,,let> off}} let off (third-person singular simple present lets off, present participle letting off, simple past and past participle let off)
  1. (transitive) To cause to explode or come out; to release. Tags: transitive Synonyms: detonate, let out, set off, touch off
    Sense id: en-let_off-en-verb-9cssX~gS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "off", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 9 27 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "off": 66 9 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 66 11 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 74 8 17
  2. (transitive, idiomatic) To forgive and not punish. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Synonyms: excuse, pardon
    Sense id: en-let_off-en-verb-v~lvkWa1
  3. (intransitive, idiomatic) Synonym of leave off. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Synonyms: leave off [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-let_off-en-verb-3iQWjLGx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: let-off [noun]

Inflected forms

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        {
          "text": "Stand back when you let off fireworks."
        },
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          "text": "to let off a fart"
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        "(transitive) To cause to explode or come out; to release."
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        "To forgive and not punish."
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        "(transitive, idiomatic) To forgive and not punish."
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        "(intransitive, idiomatic) Synonym of leave off."
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        {
          "text": "Stand back when you let off fireworks."
        },
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          "text": "to let off a fart"
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        },
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          "word": "excuse"
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        "transitive"
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        "Synonym of leave off."
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        "(intransitive, idiomatic) Synonym of leave off."
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