let it

Related to let it: let it go

let it drop

1. To cease discussing or dwelling upon a given subject. Look, we can't afford a new car right now, so just let it drop already!
2. To accidentally or inadvertently reveal a given secret or important piece of information. I can't believe your sister let it drop that we're engaged in front of your parents!
See also: drop, let

let it rest

To cease discussing or dwelling upon a given subject. Look, we can't afford a new car right now, so just let it rest already!
See also: let, rest

let it slip

To accidentally or inadvertently reveal a given secret or important piece of information. We had done so well keeping our engagement a secret. I can't believe I let it slip in the middle of dinner last night!
See also: let, slip

let one rip

slang To fart loudly or profusely. I can't believe you let one rip in the car. Now we have to smell it all the way home!
See also: let, one, rip
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

let it

/'er rip Informal
To allow something to start or happen with vigor or energy.
See also: let
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
See also:
  • let it drop
  • let (something) drop
  • let drop
  • let it rest
  • let (something) rest
  • let something lie
  • let (something) lie
  • look about
  • chance upon (someone or something)
  • be in the right place at the right time
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So when they got there, I said, "OK, now, I want you to take that picture and look at it for a few minutes, think about it, let it filter through your consciousness, and write a poem."
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SO WHEN YOU NEST SEE SOME KID PUSHING IN HIS TURN AT THE PARK LET iT GO, THEY WILL LEARN..
His name was on that canopy rail and he was looking for a way to be just as proud as those other 71 guys who had generated their airplanes and he wasn't going to let it happen any other way.
The established companies that will prosper are those that have that experience but don't let it make them hidebound in the way they do things, and have scale but don't let that lull them to sleep in terms of their need for nimbleness and quickness in the marketplace.
Therefore, I am not going to let it happen on my watch.
And now they're reaching into central Scotland, and have set up a new company, Let It.
I try not to let it overwhelm me, because we're so hard on ourselves as it is.
You can create your own fanged carnivore and let it loose on a world full of llamas.
You get your teeth into something and don't let it go."
Let it be remembered or forgotten, that's up to the people.
Let it be heard loud and clear, I am saying civil rights and equal access to public accommodations are things that black Americans should have.
Do it once, let it sit for a while, and then revisit it.
Unless long hair is in braids and a bandanna and he's singing "Kumbayah" for cash in front of the White House, let it go.
If we let it dance in us, we'll know whether or not it is meant to become a part of us.