✅ To allow 🕊️ To leave unchanged 🏠 To rent out 💻 A code keyword 🎾 A replayed serve

let

1 8.1

A serve that touches the net but lands in the correct service area and must be replayed

noun
/lɛt/

Jargon

: saque nulo

Murray benefited from a let cord off a backhand slice that had Djokovic scrambling forward to defend, but he hit it in the net, and Murray never looked back.

Examples

>> JUST LET --

Beyond the Trophy (2012)
If you play short on his backhand side, he'll counter-drop 8 times out of 10, and he'll still clear the ball each time. There are so many 'lets' normally with other players in this situation.

Blog text (1)
Being a human being lets think about Pakistan.

Blog text (4)
Bit of a let-down, that.

Blog text (2)
Anyway, I gather you're looking for a three-month let?

The Fourth Protocol (1987)
The hormone oxytocin, which triggers labor and milk let-down, facilitates infant-caregiver bonding.

Academic text (2005)
In tennis, if the serve hits the net and lands in the correct service area, it is called a let and must be replayed.
During the match, the umpire announced that the point was a let after the ball touched the net.
According to the rules, a let is called when a serve interferes with the net but still bounces in the service area.

Synonyms

net ball

vslet

1 3.4

In tennis a served ball that hits the net but lands in the service box and must be served again

has identical meaning but is the common official sports term

Idioms

let me tell you

Informal

678 4.4

To start a story or show that what follows is important

let alone

242 3.0

To show that something is even less likely than what was just mentioned

let me guess

Informal

160 4.6

Said when you are about to say what you think happened

let alone

38 3.4

To say that one thing is even less likely or possible than another

to let bygones be bygones

12 5.3

Forgive past fights so they do not affect the present

let it snow

7 5.4

To say this to show you want it to snow

to let the chips fall where they may

Informal

7 7.8

To accept what happens and not try to change the result

to let sleeping dogs lie

Informal

6 6.9

Avoid talking about old problems to prevent more arguments

to let the cat out of the bag

Informal

4 5.1

To tell a secret that should be kept

to let go and let God

2 9.1

Give up control and trust God or a higher power

don't let the bedbugs bite

Baby Talk

2 8.4

A playful goodnight wish hoping someone has good dreams

to let the bedbugs bite

Informal

2 9.8

To wish someone a good night as a joke

to let your freak flag fly

Slang

1 9.8

Show your true self to others, even if it seems strange

to let the grass grow under someone's feet

Informal

1 8.6

Wait too long to act and miss a chance

to let this cup pass from me

Archaic

1 9.9

To ask or hope, often in prayer, not to have a hard time

to let crazy stick its dick in someone

Offensive

9.9

To let strong, uncontrolled feelings make your life worse

to let fluffy off the chain

Informal

9.9

To allow someone to act freely after a time of control

to let one's hair down

Informal

5.6

Relax and enjoy yourself after being serious or busy

Compounds

let-off

Specialized

1 9.4

The percentage a compound bow's pull drops at full draw, making it easier to hold

let-off

1 4.7

A case where someone is excused from punishment, often only warned

How Effective

ace

Specialized

6 4.5

serve

29 3.0

let

Jargon

1 8.1

Surface Forms

let singular

lets plural

Etymology

Let (the tennis call) comes from an old word lette meaning 'obstacle' or 'hindrance'. So a 'let' is a small obstacle — like the ball touching the net — that makes the serve be replayed.