"let off" meaning in English

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      "_dis1": "43 5 52",
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "let-off"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "lets off",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "letting off",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "let off",
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        "past"
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      "form": "let off",
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        "past"
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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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."
      ],
      "id": "en-let_off-en-verb-9cssX~gS",
      "links": [
        [
          "explode",
          "explode"
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        [
          "release",
          "release"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cause to explode or come out; to release."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "detonate"
        },
        {
          "word": "let out"
        },
        {
          "word": "set off"
        },
        {
          "word": "touch off"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The boss let me off for breaking the office window, when in theory she could have fined me about 30 dollars.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To forgive and not punish."
      ],
      "id": "en-let_off-en-verb-v~lvkWa1",
      "links": [
        [
          "forgive",
          "forgive"
        ],
        [
          "punish",
          "punish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, idiomatic) To forgive and not punish."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "excuse"
        },
        {
          "word": "pardon"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of leave off."
      ],
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          "leave off#English"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, idiomatic) Synonym of leave off."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "leave off"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "let off"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "let-off"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lets off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "letting off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "let off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "let off",
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        "past"
      ]
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "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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        [
          "explode",
          "explode"
        ],
        [
          "release",
          "release"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive) To cause to explode or come out; to release."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "detonate"
        },
        {
          "word": "let out"
        },
        {
          "word": "set off"
        },
        {
          "word": "touch off"
        }
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        "transitive"
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        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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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.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To forgive and not punish."
      ],
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          "forgive",
          "forgive"
        ],
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          "punish",
          "punish"
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      ],
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        "(transitive, idiomatic) To forgive and not punish."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "excuse"
        },
        {
          "word": "pardon"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of leave off."
      ],
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        [
          "leave off",
          "leave off#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(intransitive, idiomatic) Synonym of leave off."
      ],
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          "word": "leave off"
        }
      ],
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