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Definition: Let It Go |
Let It GoVerb1. Not act; "He thought of a reply but let it go". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Concealment | Keep a secret, keep one's own counsel; hold one's tongue; (silence); make no sign, not let it go further; not breathe a word, not breathe a syllable about; not let the right hand know what the left is doing; hide one's light under a bushel, bury one's talent in a napkin. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Let It Go |
| English words defined with "let it go": unpunished. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "let it go": tenacity. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | If you ever want something badly, let it go. If it comes back to you, then it's yours forever (Indecent Proposal; writing credit: Amy Holden Jones) You know for something you've been holding onto for so long, you're pretty quick to let it go. (Sweet Home Alabama; writing credit: C. Jay Cox) Let it go! (Clerks.; writing credit: Kevin Smith) Don't worry, I won't let it go to my head (The Princess Bride; writing credit: William Goldman) Let it go. Let it go (First Blood; writing credit: David Morrell; Michael Kozoll) | |
Lyrics | But I can’t let it go (Try Again; performing artist: Aaliyah) You know I gotta let it go (I'm Outta Love; performing artist: Anastacia; writing credit: Anastacia Newkirk, Sam Watters, Louis Biancaniello) Just let it go, let it go (Pass You By; performing artist: Boyz II Men) Don't hold back, just let it go (Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know; performing artist: Britney Spears) You own it, you better never let it go (Lose Yourself; performing artist: EMINEM) | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Bill Hicks | I love talking about the Warren Commission, I love talking about the Kennedy assasination as well. The reason I do is because I'm fascinated by it. I'm fascinated that our government could lie to us so blatantly, so obviously for so long, and we do absolutely nothing about it. I think that's interesting in what is ostensibly a democracy. Sarcasm - come on in. People say, "Bill, quit talking about Kennedy man. It was a long time ago, just let it go, alright? It's a long time ago, just forget it." I'm like, alright, then don't bring up Jesus to me. As long as we're talking shelf life here, you know. |
Lao-Tzu | By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning. |
Powell | By afflictions God is spoiling us of what otherwise might have spoiled us. When he makes the world too hot for us to hold, we let it go. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | He guided the box gently out into the current and let it go. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | TENACITY, n. A certain quality of the human hand in its relation to the coin of the realm. It attains its highest development in the hand of authority and is considered a serviceable equipment for a career in politics. The following illustrative lines were written of a Californian gentleman in high political preferment, who has passed to his accounting: Of such tenacity his grip That nothing from his hand can slip. Well-buttered eels you may o'erwhelm In tubs of liquid slippery-elm In vain -- from his detaining pinch They cannot struggle half an inch! 'Tis lucky that he so is planned That breath he draws not with his hand, For if he did, so great his greed He'd draw his last with eager speed. Nay, that were well, you say. Not so He'd draw but never let it go! |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expression using "let it go": let it go at that. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
let it go | 35 |
don t let it go | 9 |
dont let it go | 8 |
she never let it go to her heart | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "let it go"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | أترك ذلك (let it go at that). (various references) | |
Chinese | 罷休 (abandon, forget it, give up, let matter drop). (various references) | |
Hungarian | nem törődik vele (to let it go hang), nem érdekli (to let it go hang), hagyjuk annyiban a dolgot (let it go at that), fütyül rá (to let it go hang, to whistle sg down the wind). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | etlay itay ogay.(various references) | |
Russian | пусть будет так (it's just as well, let it go at that). (various references) | |
Turkish | kafaya takmamak (let it ride, let smth. ride). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 23, Verse 23 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Veritatem eme et noli vendere sapientiam et doctrinam et intellegentiam |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Bie treuthe, and wile thou not selle wisdam, and doctrine, and vnderstonding. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching and good sense. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 23, Verse 23 |
| Cebuano | Palita ang kamatuoran, ug ayaw kini pag-ibaligya; Oo, ang kaalam, ug pahamatngon, ug ang salabutan. |
| Croatian | Pribavi istinu i ne prodaji je, steci mudrost, pouku i razbor. |
| Danish | Køb Sandhed og sælg den ikke, Visdom, Tugt og Forstand. |
| Dutch | Koop de waarheid, en verkoop ze niet, mitsgaders wijsheid, en tucht, en verstand. |
| Finnish | Osta totuutta, älä myy, osta viisautta, kuria ja ymmärrystä. |
| French | Acquiers la vérité, et ne la vends pas, La sagesse, l`instruction et l`intelligence. |
| German | Kaufe Wahrheit, und verkaufe sie nicht, Weisheit, Zucht und Verstand. |
| Haitian Creole | Verite, konesans, lespri ak bon konprann, se bagay ou mèt peye chè pou ou genyen. Men, pa janm vann sa. |
| Hungarian | Szerezz igazságot, és el ne adj; bölcseséget és erkölcsöt és eszességet. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Ajaran yang benar, hikmat, didikan, dan pengertian--semuanya itu patut dibeli, tetapi terlalu berharga untuk dijual. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Belilah akan benar dan jangan jualkan dia, atau budi, atau pengajaran, atau pengetahuan. |
| Italian | Acquista il vero bene e non cederlo, la sapienza, l'istruzione e l'intelligenza. |
| Maori | Hokona te pono, kaua hoki e whakawhitiwhitia; ae ra, te whakaaro nui, te ako hoki, me te matauranga. |
| Norwegian | Kjøp sannhet og selg den ikke, kjøp visdom og tukt og forstand! |
| Portuguese | Compra a verdade, e não a vendas; sim, a sabedoria, a disciplina, e o entendimento. |
| Rumanian | Cumpqrq adevqrul, wi nu -l vinde, knyelepciunea, knvqyqtura wi priceperea. |
| Russian | лХ Й ЙУФЙОХ Й ОЕ ТП"БЧБК НХ"ТПУФЙ Й ХЮЕОЙС Й ТБЪХНБ. |
| Spanish | Adquiere la verdad y no la vendas; adquiere sabiduría, disciplina e inteligencia. |
| Swedish | Sök förvärva sanning, och avhänd dig henne icke, sök vishet och tukt och förstånd. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-i-l-o-t-t" | |
-1 letter: toilet. | |
-2 letters: legit, lotte, teloi, title, toile. | |
-3 letters: gelt, gilt, lite, loge, loti, ogle, tile, tilt, toil, toit, tole, tote. | |
-4 letters: ego, gel, get, gie, git, got, leg, lei, let, lie, lit, log, lot, oil, ole, teg, tel, tet, tie, til, toe, tog, tot. | |
-5 letters: el, et, go, it, li, lo, oe, ti, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-i-l-o-t-t" | |
+2 letters: glottides, glottises, toileting. | |
+3 letters: cetologist, epiglottal, epiglottic, epiglottis, ethologist, etiolating, fetologist, ghostliest, gluttonies, graptolite, outglitter, outtelling, rebottling, replotting, rouletting, tolerating. | |
+4 letters: cetologists, deglutition, egotistical, ethnologist, ethologists, etymologist, fetologists, gestational, glutathione, graptolites, legitimator, metrologist, osteologist, outbleating, outglitters, overletting, petrologist, poltergeist, potteringly, reallotting, spotlighted, stilettoing, tautologies, teetotaling, teleologist, teleporting, teratologic, tetralogies, totteringly. | |
+5 letters: bloodletting, conglutinate, contingently, deglutitions, deontologist, entomologist, epiglottides, epiglottises, ethnologists, etymologists, gesticulator, glutathiones, hematologist, legitimation, legitimators, letterboxing, metrologists, multimegaton, nematologist, nightclothes, obliterating, osteologists, outglittered, outwrestling, overplotting, petrologists, poltergeists, preallotting, proglottides, silhouetting, stigmasterol, storytelling, technologist, teetotalling, teleologists, teratologies, teratologist, vegetational. | |
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