let someone
IdiomsExample Sentences
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“Wake up! You’re a heck of a watchdog. You laid there sound asleep, and let someone steal my britches. Wake up now, and help me find them before someone sees me like this.”
From Literature
“I think I may not be ready to let someone in yet romantically,” she texted the next day.
From Los Angeles Times
Please let someone find us soon.
From Literature
“I have to let someone know that Jonathan and Abby are missing. There must be search planes or helicopters. How else would they know the island disappeared?”
From Literature
She would not let someone else she loved burn.
From Literature
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