lets

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not prevent or forbid; allow.

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my boss let me leave early

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allow permit authorize sanction grant warrant license empower enable entitle tolerate countenance suffer brook cause make OK

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prevent prohibit

2.

used in the imperative to formulate various expressions.

1.

a period during which a room or property is rented.

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I've taken a month's let on the flat

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let let in let on let's let in on let down let up