Synonyms of let go

let go

phrase

as in unleash

to set free (from a state of being held in check)

It's time to let go of the past.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• unleash
• loosen
• release
• unlock
• loose
• express
• unloose
• uncork
• air
• free
• spring
• unloosen
• take out
• emancipate
• liberate
• enfranchise
• discharge
• unbind
• manumit
• vent
• unshackle
• unfetter
• unmoor
• uncage
• unchain

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• control
• check
• contain
• regulate
• restrain
• rein (in)
• hold
• govern
• tame
• curb
• inhibit
• constrain
• smother
• bridle
• bind
• confine
• shackle
• handcuff
• hamper
• manacle
• trammel
• halter
• fetter
• enchain

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of let go

Phil Collins has let go of his decades-old grudge against Paul McCartney. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026

Viard said she was told over lunch with Alain Wertheimer, global executive chairman of Chanel, that she was being let go. — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2026

Summers, who has held jobs at Florida, Georgia and Colorado among others over a 20-plus-year career, served as the interim head coach last season for the final five games after Jay Norvell was let go. — ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

The challenge is helping people let go of the way work has always been done. — Eva Majercsik, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026