We’ve reviewed crosswords where “Let go” was used, and these answers reflect what solvers entered successfully. They’ve all been paired with the clue type you’re currently tackling.
Possible Answers:
- RELEASE
- RELEASED
- ACQUIT
- UNLOOSE
- AXED
- FREED
- CEDED
- CEDE
- FIRED
- AXE
- DROP
- CAN
- DROPPED
- SPARED
- CANNED
- UNLEASH
- UNCLASP
- ALLOW
Synonyms and Definitions
RELEASE
- Synonyms: acquittance, bring out, button, departure, discharge, dismissal, dismission, eject, exhaust, exit, expel, expiration, firing, free, freeing, give up, going, handout, issue, let go of, liberate, liberation, loose, loss, outlet, passing, press release, publish, put out, relinquish, resign, sack, sacking, secrete, spill, spillage, tone ending, turn, unblock, unfreeze, unloose, unloosen, vent, waiver
RELEASED
- Synonyms: release
- Definition: let go, like from ones hold
ACQUIT
- Synonyms: assoil, bear, behave, carry, clear, comport, conduct, deport, exculpate, exonerate
AXED
- Synonyms: ax, axe
FREED
- Synonyms: absolve, disembarrass, disengage, dislodge, exempt, justify, relieve, rid
CEDED
- Synonyms: cede, concede, deliver, grant, surrender, yield
FIRED
- Synonyms: arouse, burn, burn down, can, discharged, dismiss, dismissed, displace, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, force out, fuel, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, go off, kindle, laid-off, open fire, pink-slipped, provoke, raise, send away, terminate
AXE
- Definition: A tool with a hefty blade attached perpendicularly to a handle.
DROP
- Synonyms: bead, cast, cast off, cliff, cut down, dangle, degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, dip, drib, dribble, driblet, drip, drop cloth, drop curtain, drop down, drop off, drop-off, expend, fall, fell, flatten, free fall, knock off, leave out, miss, neglect, omit, overleap, overlook, pearl, pretermit, put down, send packing, set down, shake off, shed, sink, spend, strike down, swing, throw, throw away, throw off, unload
CAN
- Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, bathroom, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can buoy, canful, commode, crapper, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, john, keister, lav, lavatory, nates, posterior, pot, potty, prat, privy, put up, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, stool, tail, tail end, throne, tin, tin can, toilet, tooshie, tush
DROPPED
- Synonyms: drop
SPARED
- Synonyms: dispense with, part with, save, spar, spare
CANNED
- Synonyms: tinned, transcribed
UNLEASH
- Synonyms: let loose
ALLOW
- Synonyms: admit, allow for, appropriate, countenance, earmark, leave, let, permit, provide, reserve, set aside, take into account, tolerate
- Definition: Enable something to occur by either performing a certain action or refraining from action.