20 Phrasal Verbs With Let (Meanings, Examples, Exercises)

In this post, you will find 20 phrasal verbs with the word ‘let’. Use these in your day to day conversation and you would sound like someone more like a native English speaker.

20 Phrasal Verbs With Let – Meanings, Examples, and Exercises

Let (someone or something) By

• Meaning: To allow someone or something to pass by or go around.
• Use in a sentence: They look like they are in a hurry, let’s move to the side and let them by.

Let Down

• Meaning: To move something to a lower position. To lower
• Use in a sentence: Can you let down the rope so I can climb up?

Let (someone) Down

• Meaning: To fail someone or something. To disappoint. To fail to meet the expectations of another person.
• Use in a sentence: I tried my hardest to keep my promise because I didn’t want to let my dad down.

Let (one’s guard) down

• Meaning: To relax and stop worrying about what could happen. To relax one’s vigilance. To become less guarded.
• Use in a sentence: In business, there are always people looking to take advantage of the situation, for that reason, it is important to never let your guard down.

Let (someone or something) in

• Meaning: To allow someone or something to enter a place
• Use in a sentence: George is at the door, can you let him in?

Let (someone) in on (something)

• Meaning: to tell someone a secret or something that only a small group of people know about.
• Use in a sentence: I’m going to let you in on a little secret.

Let Off

• Meaning: To allow someone to disembark a mode of transportation.
• Use in a sentence: Can you let me off at the corner? I have to stop at the store first before going home.

Let (someone) Off

• Meaning: To pardon or release someone from blame or punishment.
• Use in a sentence: After I explained to the police officer the reason I ran the stoplight, he decided to let me off with just a warning.

Let (something) Off

• Meaning: to make something explode.
• Use in a sentence: A boy got in trouble because he let off fireworks on school property.

Let On

• Meaning: To allow something to become known. Usually, something that is a secret. To reveal.
• Use in a sentence: She never let on that she had a boyfriend.

Let On (something)

• Meaning: To pretend to do something or to pretend to be someone
• Use in a sentence: For years, she let on that she was a doctor working for a prestigious hospital.

Let (something or someone) Out

• Meaning: To be released from a place.
• Use in a sentence: Can you let the dog out of his cage? I think he has to go the bathroom.

Let Out (class, school)

• Meaning: to finish or to end.
• Use in a sentence: What time does the movie let out?

Let (a piece of clothing) Out

• Meaning: to alter a garment because it is too tight.
• Use in a sentence: I am going to ask the seamstress if she could let out my favorite dress so I can wear it to the party this weekend.

Let Out (air)

• Meaning: To release air from something.
• Use in a sentence: Some young kids thought it would be funny to let the air out of my tires.

Let Out (sound)

• Meaning: To make a sound.
• Use in a sentence: She let out a scream when she saw the mouse run across the table.

Let Out (something)

• Meaning: to reveal a secret.
• Use in a sentence: If you let out the secret, it won’t be a surprise.

Let (something) Out (to someone)

• Meaning: to rent something out to someone.
• Use in a sentence: I am thinking about letting out my spare bedroom downstair to earn a little extra income.

Let (something) Pass

• Meaning: To ignore. To not say something when someone says or does something you don’t like.
• Use in a sentence: This time I will let it pass, but if he says something like that again I will have to talk to him about it.

Let Up

• Meaning: To slow down. To diminish. To not work as hard on something as you previously did in the past.
• Use in a sentence: The weather shows no signs of letting up.

Phrasal Verbs With Let Exercise

Please select the phrasal verb that best completes the sentence. Scroll down further to see the answers.

1. What time does class (let down / let out / let off)?
2. The bus stopped on Park Avenue to (let off / let by / let up) a few passengers.
3. She is not as innocent as she (lets out / lets down / lets on).
4. The boy let off / let out / let on a firecracker in the driveway.
5. The tailor said that there is enough cloth to (let off / let out / let up) the pants by an extra two inches.
6. I want to (let you down / let you on / let you in) on what I heard about the new office romance between Jerry and Sue.
7. After two hours of searching it is clear that he is not ( letting up / letting down / letting off) until he finds what he is looking for.
8. Be careful not to (let the cat off / let the cat down / let the cat out ) when you open the side door.
9. Once it was dark outside, she decided to (let down / let up / let off) the curtains.
10. I didn’t want to (let them off / let them on / let them down) so decided to keep my promise and go to the party even though I didn’t want to.
11. The cat was looking in the window at the fish cooking on the stove. I felt bad for her so I decided to ( let her out / let her in / let her up) and share my lunch with her.
12. He always (let off / let in / let on) that he knew more about engines than he actually did.
13. After she broke up with her boyfriend, we all knew she wasn’t as happy as she (let off / let on / let down).
14. My sister (let in / let off / let out) a gasp when she saw the box sitting on the table.
15. After she saw what he did, she was beginning to regret ( letting him off / letting him down / letting him out) so easily.

Exercise Answer Key

1. let out
2. let off
3. lets on
4. let off
5. let out
6. let you in
7. letting up
8. let the cat out
9. let down
10. let them down
11. let her in
12. let on
13. let on
14. gasp
15. letting him off

There you have it 20 phrasal verbs with let. Start using these today.

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