lets out

Allows to escape

Lets out means to release or allow to escape.

A teacher lets out a class when the session ends.

You let out air from a balloon, let out a secret, or let out a scream.

In tailoring, to let out a garment is to make it larger by releasing the seams.

The noun letout describes a release or dismissal: What time is school letout?

Related

confess · release · unburden · open · divulge · reveal · disclose · spills the beans · shout · emit · expel · scream · blood curdling scream · primal scream · battle cry · cry · bark · whisper

Opposites
containment/release

lets outkeeps in

Retains within boundaries

confines · lets in · locks in · shuts in · traps

garment adjustment

lets outtakes in

Accepts or deceives

tightens · tapers · narrows · cinches

information/sound emission

lets outholds back

Restrains or delays

suppresses · withholds · conceals · stifles · keeps in

Family

let, outside, out, outing, output, let out, letting, lets, outsider

Familiarity
Top 100,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G