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     To let drive or fly, to discharge with violence, as a
        blow, an arrow, or stone. See under Drive, and Fly.
  
     To let in or into.
        (a) To permit or suffer to enter; to admit.
        (b) To insert, or imbed, as a piece of wood, in a recess
            formed in a surface for the purpose. To let loose,
        to remove restraint from; to permit to wander at large.
  
     To let off.
        (a) To discharge; to let fly, as an arrow; to fire the
            charge of, as a gun.
        (b) To release, as from an engagement or obligation.
            [Colloq.]
  
     To let out.
        (a) To allow to go forth; as, to let out a prisoner.
        (b) To extend or loosen, as the folds of a garment; to
            enlarge; to suffer to run out, as a cord.
        (c) To lease; to give out for performance by contract, as
            a job.
        (d) To divulge.
  
     To let slide, to let go; to cease to care for. [Colloq.] ``
        Let the world slide.'' --Shak.