Crossword clues for let off
Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive English) To cause to explode. 2 (context transitive idiomatic English) To forgive and not punish.
WordNet
Usage examples of "let off".
This arrangement offered the advantage, that if gas had to be let off, so as to descend, that which was in the outer balloon would go first.
His sufferings had been so horrible that he was let off any further punishment, and simply brought back to the island to complete the term of his sentence.
With impotent oaths he sought to let off the anger that boiled in him.
Tom had brought a whole satchelful of rounds for it, some of the first coming out of the new munitions works at Suhl producing percussion-cap rounds for the private market, and let off three cartridges of buckshot in the general direction of the Spanish army by way of demonstration.
On the other hand, the moment the pressure was let off and the ram desired to return, the collar collapsed and the ram slid gently down, perfectly free and yet perfectly water-tight.
When she wanted to let off steam, she went big-game hunting in Kenya.
This is Friday, and I can get them let off from their afternoon classes, and keep them in the country till Monday.
Now you come here begging to be let off from the call for men, which I have made to carry out the war which you demanded.
The place was starting to fill up now, as duty shifts let off and people were looking for entertainment.
On a voyage they were confined to the ship of necessity, but they reasonably felt that they were owed a chance to let off steam as soon as they made landfall.