Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - let off
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Let off
let off
1. If someone in authority lets you off a task or duty, they give you permission not to do it. (mainly BRIT) In those days they didn’t let you off work to go home very often. PHRASAL VERB: V n P n/-ing 2. If you let someone off, you give them a lighter punishment than they expect or no punishment at all. Because he was a Christian, the judge let him off... When police realised who he was, they asked for an autograph and let him off with a warning. PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V n P prep/adv 3. If you let off an explosive or a gun, you explode or fire it. A resident of his neighbourhood had let off fireworks to celebrate the Revolution. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P
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2.
1. освободить от наказания, оплаты и т.п.; 2. амнистировать; 3. простить; 4. взорвать(ся); 5. освобождение от наказания; 6. помилование, амнистия; 7. взрыв радости ...Англо-русский словарь идиом
3.
1. выстрелить to let off a gun —- выстрелить (выпалить) из ружья 2. пускать, запускать; взрывать to let off a bomb —- взорвать бомбу to let off fireworks —- устраивать фейерверк 3. выпалить to let off a joke —- отпускать шутку 4. разг. отпустить без наказания; простить, помиловать to let smb. off what he owes —- простить кому-л. долг they let him off with a fine —- он отделался штрафом 5. спец. выделять; выпускать (пар; также перен.) 6. тех. спускать (масло) 7. сдавать в аренду по участкам, по частям 8. высаживать кого-л. (о пароходе, такси и т. п.) let me off at the corner —- я выйду на углу ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
4.
{v.} 1. To discharge (a gun); explode; fire. * /Willie accidentally let off his father's shotgun and made a hole in the wall./ Syn.: GO OFF, LET LOOSE(2). 2. To permit to go or escape; excuse from a penalty, a duty, or a promise. * /Two boys were caught smoking in school but the principal let them off with a warning./ * /Mary's mother said that she would let Mary off from drying the supper dishes./ * /The factory closed for a month in the summer and let the workers off./ Compare: LET GO. 3. or {informal} let off the hook To miss a chance to defeat or score against, especially in sports or games. * /We almost scored a touchdown in the first play against Tech but we let them off the hook by fumbling the ball./ * /The boxer let his opponent off the hook many times./ ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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