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"text": "You're hurting him! Let him go!",
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"ref": "1936, Robert Frost, “The Vindictives”, in A Further Range:",
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"ref": "2012, Katy Perry, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Dr. Luke, Cirkut (lyrics and music), “Wide Awake”, in Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection, performed by Katy Perry:",
"text": "Falling from cloud nine / Crashing from the high / I'm letting go tonight / Yeah, I'm falling from cloud nine",
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"word": "ᏚᏲᏍᎦ"
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"ref": "2010, Gary Haymes, Go Beyond Stress:",
"text": "You are supported, so you can just let go and relax. Inhale and slowly exhale.",
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"word": "antaa olla"
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"word": "laisser tomber"
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"word": "lasciarsi andare"
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"word": "aldırmak"
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"text": "Puel was let go in June despite leading Southampton to their first major final for 14 years and an eighth-place finish in the Premier League. But apparently his style was too boring and some players and many fans disliked his method, so he had to go – fair enough but look at them now.",
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"(euphemistic) To dismiss from employment."
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{
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"word": "lade gå"
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"sense": "dismiss from employment",
"word": "irtisanoa"
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"sense": "dismiss from employment",
"word": "sich trennen von"
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"sense": "dismiss from employment",
"word": "elbocsát"
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"sense": "dismiss from employment",
"word": "elküld"
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"sense": "dismiss from employment",
"word": "dimitto"
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"sense": "dismiss from employment",
"word": "demitir"
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "dismiss from employment",
"word": "säga upp"
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"lang": "Swedish",
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"word": "ge silkessnöret"
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"sense": "dismiss from employment",
"word": "entlediga"
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"ref": "1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 135:",
"text": "Cora gave her shoulders a rebellious toss. \"I'm sick of always getting oysters; I'd sooner come out with you.\" Bradly let that go. \"You had enough money this week without getting oysters, didn't you?\"",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "dismiss from employment",
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"code": "de",
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"code": "hu",
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"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "dismiss from employment",
"word": "demitto"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "dismiss from employment",
"word": "dimitto"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "dismiss from employment",
"word": "demitir"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "dismiss from employment",
"word": "säga upp"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "dismiss from employment",
"word": "ge silkessnöret"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "dismiss from employment",
"word": "entlediga"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "dismiss from employment",
"word": "avpollettera"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "euphemistic: to fail to maintain a standard of appearance, behavior, or performance",
"word": "antaa mennä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "euphemistic: to fail to maintain a standard of appearance, behavior, or performance",
"word": "nachlassen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "euphemistic: to fail to maintain a standard of appearance, behavior, or performance",
"word": "sich gehen lassen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "euphemistic: to fail to maintain a standard of appearance, behavior, or performance",
"word": "elengedi magát"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "euphemistic: to fail to maintain a standard of appearance, behavior, or performance",
"word": "elhagyja magát"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "euphemistic: to fail to maintain a standard of appearance, behavior, or performance",
"word": "elhanyagolja magát"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "euphemistic: to fail to maintain a standard of appearance, behavior, or performance",
"word": "lasciarsi andare"
}
],
"word": "let go"
}
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