let out

Questions about let out

What does let out mean?

let out means "express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for let out?

Close synonyms include utter, emit, let loose, unwrap, disclose. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of let out?

The recorded antonyms are take in.

Is let out a common word?

let out is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.