let-out

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Meaning: The act or an instance ofreleasingorletting outsomething.2014, Timothy Lane,Rules for Becoming a Legend, New York, NY:Penguin Books, published2015,→ISBN, pageunknown:“I just want you to know that this wholeMisstepsthing has nothing to do with me or any of my staff.” Alet-outof breath. “I don't know who it is, but it sounds like that letter to the editor from back when you were playing?[…]”; (idiomatic,chieflyUK,Ireland)Anopportunitytoavoidorescapefrom adifficultorunpleasantsituation.2007,Richard D. North,“Scrap the BBC!”: Ten Years to Set Broadcasters Free, London:Social Affairs Unit,→ISBN, page141:It has of course the brilliantlet-outthat it does not seek to prove that its statements are true, but only that they are “verifiable”. This principle is relatively weak: Wikipedists are supposed to be able to source their remarks.

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