| let something go let (something) go 1. to stop trying to control something. Once it's published, you can say you should have done this or that, but it's too late — you have to let it go. She kept doing the scene over until she finally let everything go, and then she did it perfectly. Family members have to learn to let go when someone is dying. 2. to stop having something. Even though these stocks are now worthless, I can't let them go. 3. to not take action. Some of the pictures were out of focus, but I let it go, thinking it might have been my fault and not the developers. |