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"examples": [
{
"text": "Stand back when you let off fireworks."
},
{
"text": "to let off a fart"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To cause to explode or come out; to release."
],
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"(transitive) To cause to explode or come out; to release."
],
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"word": "let out"
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{
"word": "set off"
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{
"word": "touch off"
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"examples": [
{
"text": "The boss let me off for breaking the office window, when in theory she could have fined me about 30 dollars."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To forgive and not punish."
],
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"(transitive, idiomatic) To forgive and not punish."
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"word": "excuse"
},
{
"word": "pardon"
}
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"Synonym of leave off."
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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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"(transitive) To cause to explode or come out; to release."
],
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},
{
"word": "let out"
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{
"word": "set off"
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"word": "touch off"
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"text": "The boss let me off for breaking the office window, when in theory she could have fined me about 30 dollars."
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"To forgive and not punish."
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"(transitive, idiomatic) To forgive and not punish."
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"Synonym of leave off."
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"(intransitive, idiomatic) Synonym of leave off."
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