"let us" meaning in English

See let us in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: en-us-let us.ogg Forms: lets us [present, singular, third-person], letting us [participle, present], let us [participle, past], let us [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|let<,,let> us}} let us (third-person singular simple present lets us, present participle letting us, simple past and past participle let us)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let, us.
    Sense id: en-let_us-en-verb-4Ht2mzMw
  2. Alternative form of let's Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: let's
    Sense id: en-let_us-en-verb-2GVgysFz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89
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