Let It Go

  

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Let It Go

Definition: Let It Go

Let It Go

Verb

1. Not act; "He thought of a reply but let it go".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Synonyms within Context: Let It Go

ContextSynonyms 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.

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Crosswords: Let It Go

English words defined with "let it go": unpunished. (references)
Specialty definitions using "let it go": tenacity. (references)

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Modern Usage: Let It Go

DomainUsage

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Let It Go

AuthorQuotation

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.

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Use in Literature: Let It Go

TitleAuthorQuote

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

He guided the box gently out into the current and let it go.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Let It Go

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

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Expression: Let It Go

Expression using "let it go": let it go at that. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Let It Go

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
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.

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Modern Translation: Let It Go

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.

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Bible Trace: Let It Go

LanguageDateSourceProverbs Chapter 23, Verse 23
Latin405VulgateVeritatem eme et noli vendere sapientiam et doctrinam et intellegentiam
Middle English1395WyclifBie treuthe, and wile thou not selle wisdam, and doctrine, and vnderstonding.
Jacobean English1611King JamesBuy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Victorian English1833WebsterBuy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Basic English1964OgdenGet 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.

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Matched Bible Translations: Let It Go

LanguageProverbs Chapter 23, Verse 23
CebuanoPalita ang kamatuoran, ug ayaw kini pag-ibaligya; Oo, ang kaalam, ug pahamatngon, ug ang salabutan.
CroatianPribavi istinu i ne prodaji je, steci mudrost, pouku i razbor.
DanishKøb Sandhed og sælg den ikke, Visdom, Tugt og Forstand.
DutchKoop de waarheid, en verkoop ze niet, mitsgaders wijsheid, en tucht, en verstand.
FinnishOsta totuutta, älä myy, osta viisautta, kuria ja ymmärrystä.
FrenchAcquiers la vérité, et ne la vends pas, La sagesse, l`instruction et l`intelligence.
GermanKaufe Wahrheit, und verkaufe sie nicht, Weisheit, Zucht und Verstand.
Haitian CreoleVerite, konesans, lespri ak bon konprann, se bagay ou mèt peye chè pou ou genyen. Men, pa janm vann sa.
HungarianSzerezz igazságot, és el ne adj; bölcseséget és erkölcsöt és eszességet.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariAjaran yang benar, hikmat, didikan, dan pengertian--semuanya itu patut dibeli, tetapi terlalu berharga untuk dijual.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaBelilah akan benar dan jangan jualkan dia, atau budi, atau pengajaran, atau pengetahuan.
ItalianAcquista il vero bene e non cederlo, la sapienza, l'istruzione e l'intelligenza.
MaoriHokona te pono, kaua hoki e whakawhitiwhitia; ae ra, te whakaaro nui, te ako hoki, me te matauranga.
NorwegianKjøp sannhet og selg den ikke, kjøp visdom og tukt og forstand!
PortugueseCompra a verdade, e não a vendas; sim, a sabedoria, a disciplina, e o entendimento.   
RumanianCumpqrq adevqrul, wi nu -l vinde, knyelepciunea, knvqyqtura wi priceperea.
RussianлХ Й ЙУФЙОХ Й ОЕ ТП"БЧБК НХ"ТПУФЙ Й ХЮЕОЙС Й ТБЪХНБ.
SpanishAdquiere la verdad y no la vendas; adquiere sabiduría, disciplina e inteligencia.
SwedishSök förvärva sanning, och avhänd dig henne icke, sök vishet och tukt och förstånd.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: Let It Go

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Quotations: Familiar
5. Quotations: Fiction
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Bible Trace
11. Anagrams
12. Bibliography


  

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