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LET OFF

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Grant exemption or release to

Example:

Please excuse me from this class

Synonyms:

excuse; exempt; let off; relieve

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "let off" is one way to...):

absolve; free (let off the hook)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "let off"):

frank (exempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from customs or other checks)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

Sentence example:

Sam cannot let off Sue

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