"let us go" meaning in English

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Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase|head=let us go}} let us go
  1. (formal) Alternative form of let's go (“hortative of go”). Tags: alt-of, alternative, formal Alternative form of: let's go (extra: hortative of go)
    Sense id: en-let_us_go-en-phrase-zCxEjUAo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let, us, go.
    Sense id: en-let_us_go-en-phrase-J6LN1utu

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          "ref": "1987, John Harris, China Seas, London: Arrow Books, published 1989, page 187",
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