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To let off

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To discharge; to let fly, as an arrow; to fire the charge of, as a gun.
To release, as from an engagement or obligation.

See also: Let Let



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The chec and his attendants, though I had given them notice that we were going to let off our guns in honour of the King their master, could not forbear trembling at the fire and noise.
A Voyage to Abyssinia by Lobo, Father View in context
For a moment, the whole party stood in suspense, awaiting the result, and then a simultaneous impulse caused the whole to let off their pieces at the same instant, producing a noise which might not fail to reach the ears of all within so short a distance.
The Prairie by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
Her brother Petya was upstairs too; with the man in attendance on him he was preparing fireworks to let off that night.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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