"let oneself go" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-let oneself go.ogg Forms: lets oneself go [present, singular, third-person], letting oneself go [participle, present], let oneself go [participle, past], let oneself go [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|let<,,let> oneself go}} let oneself go (third-person singular simple present lets oneself go, present participle letting oneself go, simple past and past participle let oneself go)
  1. (idiomatic) To relax and enjoy oneself without restraint. Tags: idiomatic Translations (relax and enjoy oneself without restraint): uppoutua (Finnish), eläytyä (Finnish), sich gehen lassen (German), sich treiben lassen (German), loslassen (German), elengedi magát (Hungarian), dejarse llevar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-let_oneself_go-en-verb-H0~b74TB Disambiguation of 'relax and enjoy oneself without restraint': 98 2
  2. (idiomatic) To cease to care about one's appearance, allowing oneself to become unkempt, overweight, etc. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Appearance Translations (cease to care about one's appearance): antaa itsensä rapistua (Finnish), se laisser aller (French), sich gehen lassen (German), verwahrlosen (German), elengedi magát (Hungarian), zaniedbywać się [imperfective] (Polish), zaniedbać się [perfective] (Polish), descuidarse (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-let_oneself_go-en-verb-GPyKhPP2 Disambiguation of Appearance: 2 98 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of "cease to care about one's appearance": 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: glow-down
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