let past

let (someone or something) past

To allow someone or something to pass by or around (someone or something else). I need to get into the building to retrieve my briefcase—please let me past! I didn't want to drive any faster on the highway, so I moved closer to the curb to let the cars behind me past.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

let someone (get) past

to allow someone to pass; to get out of the way so someone can pass. Please let me get past. I'm in a hurry. Do let me past.
See also: let, past
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • let (someone or something) past
  • let (one) get past
  • let (one) go past
  • let (one) go by
  • let (one) by
  • let (one) get by
  • let by
  • go past
  • let (one) pass by
  • get (something) for (someone or something)
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About an hour later, the families were let past the boundary and escorted into the CBP processing facility.
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A total of 94 goals in the season was seven more than their nearest rivals (Eastleigh), while only two sides conceded less than the 46 the Bees let past them.
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I for one always give way to pedestrians, I also say thank you when I'm let past, as do many of the cyclist that use this route.